substantial evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantialandevidence
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substantial
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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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 ofsubstantialandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There issubstantialevidencethat serotonergic systems play an important role.
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Substantialevidencefrom a wide range of linguistic research is consistent with the model, but independent tests of its viability would be difficult to conduct.
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There issubstantialevidencefrom these studies that informal supporters suffer financially from extra expenditure or reduced earnings.
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Furthermore, there issubstantialevidencethat the media exercise discretion in what they cover and how they cover it.
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There issubstantialevidencefrom both high-income and low-income countries that taxes and social insurance schemes provide the most equitable basis for healthcare financing.
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There issubstantialevidencethat such reactive and inflammatory responses make significant contributions to neuronal damage in neurodegenerative diseases.
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While these results make only a limited contribution to the specification of the characteristics of three-generation ' high-exchange families ', they providesubstantialevidencethat they exist.
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There wassubstantialevidenceof limited choice (particularly concerning meals), an absence of clear processes for redress, and limited opportunities for representation.
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Whatever the details of this mechanism may be, an increasing number of studies providessubstantialevidencethat feature binding in perception does occur.
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As reviewed here,substantialevidenceexists to support the first two of these assumptions.
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Thus, there issubstantialevidencethat sucrose plays a role in dehydration tolerance of seeds.
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Multiple data-elicitation measures of learners' internal processes may also providesubstantialevidence to explicate more clearly the findings of the present study.
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Her answer was that we providedsubstantialevidenceand a cogent argument for declarative consciousness as a shared psychological property in humans, monkeys, and dolphins.
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Substantialevidencenow exists that the primary targets of attentive processes are indeed whole objects, and not properties or features.
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Although the reasons for this are undoubtedly multi-factorial, there is nowsubstantialevidencethat serum cholesterol levels may be associated with variations in mental state.
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It is an admirable call for more and better research, rather than a defining summary in a field wheresubstantialevidenceremains meager.
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In summary, there issubstantialevidencethat the hippocampus participates in olfactory memory.
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This is contradicted bysubstantialevidence, both from modern fieldwork and ancient documents.
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She providessubstantialevidencecountering those who see participatory politics as an opportunity for the resurgence (or continuation) of elite control through clientelism.
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There is nowsubstantialevidenceto support this recommendation.
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