substantive evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantiveandevidence
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substantive
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.tɪv/us/səbˈstæn.t̬ɪv/
important, serious, or related to ...
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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 ofsubstantiveandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Substantiveevidencefor a total 'long-distance' dispersal hypothesis is minimal but should not be dismissed out of hand.
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There is nosubstantiveevidencethat they are doing any harm to this market this year.
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I am aware of no new allegations for which there issubstantiveevidencewhich would justify a wider inquiry.
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I understand that nosubstantiveevidencehas been found to support such allegations.
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Obviously, if any dockyard or shipbuilder offerssubstantiveevidenceto prove bias, we must investigate it.
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The defence medical services have received reports of six cases which are alleged to fall into the categories mentioned, but nosubstantiveevidence.
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I feel sure that they will investigate anysubstantiveevidencethat he can provide.
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As we have said repeatedly, if we get anysubstantiveevidenceof any form of sanction-busting or sanction-breaking we shall investigate the matter fully.
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This, surely, issubstantiveevidencethat the £6,000 limit has not been realistic in terms of actual accidents which have occurred.
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I am aware of nosubstantiveevidencethat such drafting received any official sanction, nor that the use of such material was ever authorised.
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Much has been said and written about it, but there is still relatively littlesubstantiveevidence.
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Such allegations are disquieting, but there is as yet nosubstantiveevidenceto back them up.
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We have nosubstantiveevidencethat the child care credit is forcing up the price of child care, although all of us have come across anecdotal evidence of that.
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Asubstantiveevidencebase for its impact on, say, deterring drug use or reducing absenteeism just does not exist, and that brings the whole issue into question.
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Nevertheless, on its own, local opposition to a proposal is not a ground for refusing planning permission, unless that opposition is founded upon valid planning reasons supported bysubstantiveevidence.
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The arbitration system could proceed in a completely different way, using different criteria, different levels of settlement with different levels ofsubstantiveevidenceand different results under the law.
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I do not believe that there issubstantiveevidenceto question the value of urban and industrial concentration as a major factor in the resolution of the economic problems.
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The statement can not be used as eithersubstantiveevidenceof guilt or to impeach the defendant's testimony.
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Later, the committee acquitted the judges as they could not find anysubstantiveevidence.
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However, the report said, it is impossible to limit the direct cause of the accident to the tsunami withoutsubstantiveevidence.
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