piece of evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpieceandevidence
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withevidence.
piece
noun[C]
uk/piːs/us/piːs/
a part ...
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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 ofpieceandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpiece of evidence
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Let me therefore point to apieceofevidencethat cannot be cast in this mould: the evidence for a majority status effect.
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The mainpieceofevidencefor this is a statute of 1436 requiring all gilds to register their ordinances with local authorities.
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A second importantpieceofevidencefor this analysis is the role the e-copula plays in the acquisition process of possessive hve-clauses.
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A secondpieceofevidencecomes from studies of spelling-sound consistency effects.
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A secondpieceofevidenceis the pile of bones at the rear of each chamber, which includes skulls and all types of bone.
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A secondpieceofevidencefor the separation of segmental and prosodic tiers in children's productions is the use of filler syllables by children.
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This is a quite confoundingpieceofevidence.
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In assessing the learning of the group, the process report provides the most substantialpieceofevidence.
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According to the author, this is anotherpieceofevidencethat shows that the distinction between modals and full verbs is fuzzy.
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A thirdpieceofevidencethat argues against the proposal that a lack of fricatives hinders phonological change comes from the change subgroup.
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There is, however, onepieceofevidenceto prove that (37) must be lexical.
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Before we read this second part of his commentary, let us insist on the import of thispieceofevidence.
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It could be a very usefulpieceofevidencein sifting through competing hypotheses for psychological design.
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Thispieceofevidenceagainst kinematic geometry seems symptomatic for the state of the concept of internalization.
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I suggest that no onepieceofevidenceis criterial but that when used together, a substantial body of evidence can be gathered.
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The firstpieceofevidencecomes from the semantic definitions of the relations themselves, and how they capture the intuitive interpretation of (29).
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Onepieceofevidencein favor of this analysis comes from the distribution of adverbial particles.
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The mainpieceofevidenceis the presence of a closure and a release for each member of the cluster.
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The model predicts that regressive taxes lead to slow convergence, in agreement with still anotherpieceofevidencein the literature.
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