hard evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhardandevidence
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hard
adjective
uk/hɑːd/us/hɑːrd/
not easy to bend, cut, ...
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evidence
noun[U]
uk/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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(Definition ofhardandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The problem, as noted above, is that fuzzy inferences are then dressed and delivered ashardevidence.
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Moreover, the ' asides ' - of which the author is fond - are not always substantiated byhardevidence.
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The historical focus within academic approaches has been on developing appropriate means of measurement to secure 'hardevidence'.
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It is more difficult to obtainhardevidenceon the depreciation rate of the externality.
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In addition, this line of reasoning involves a major methodological difficulty : there simply exists nohardevidencefor this thesis.
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There is currently littlehardevidenceon numbers receiving extra tuition.
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We still have nohardevidencethat dreaming has, or ever had, any behavioral function.
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Hardevidence, theory and inference are integrated to sustain robust analyses.
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Though code-mixing is repeatedly criticised as a cause of the decline of students' language competence, there is littlehardevidenceto indicate its detrimental effects.
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But in tempo and intonation, which are very likely distinguishing elements in our accent, there is again littlehardevidencefor generalisation.
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This surviving record is thehardevidenceagainst which predictions of the environmental effects of potentially catastrophic impact are compared.
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Although we lackhardevidence, we would expect almost all practices outside prison to meet these criteria, whereas substantial numbers of prisons did not.
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The continuing absence ofhardevidenceon this matter has not prevented researchers from speculating.
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In the absence ofhardevidence, it is speculated that the current declines may be due to hormonal or pesticidal substances widely used in agriculture.
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The reader is often presented with the possible outcomes of regional difference on women's lives, rather than withhardevidence.
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There is muchhardevidencehere to correct the more romantic tradition-chasers.
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At first sight, there is nohardevidenceto prove this hypothesis.
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Hardevidenceis likely to be hard to obtain.
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