archival evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofarchivalandevidence
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archival
adjective
uk/ˌɑːˈkaɪ.vəl/us/ˌɑːrˈkaɪ.vəl/
relating to an archive of historical records or ...
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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 ofarchivalandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This conclusion is supported with a weight of richarchivalevidencewhich will convince most readers.
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Combiningarchivalevidencefrom these organisations, the paper first outlines the historical circumstances of development, detailing the form of broadcasts and of the music itself.
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While thearchivalevidenceon this subject is limited, available evidence suggests that such commitments were typically honoured.
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Figure 2, based largely onarchivalevidence, indicates the extent to which both forest and forest reserves had been identified by the early-1930s.
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But not many of these narratives can be substantiated byarchivalevidence.
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Archivalevidencesuggests that there has always been conflicts between herdsmen and farmers.
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This is a persuasive argument based onarchivalevidenceand meticulous examination of many objects in museum collections.
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As with most of thearchivalevidence, it does not negative aboriginality.
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Although most of her analysis is based on solidarchivalevidencewhich she provides with statistics in an appendix, the chapter on teaching is by her own admission largely conjectural.
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To prove her claim, she needs to presentarchivalevidenceof officers having used explicitly these principles to determine their decisions, even when circumstances would predict an opposite response.
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This is obviously often with good reason, but there is no reason whyarchivalevidenceshould be taken less seriously than other perspectives on the past.
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While thearchivalevidencepresented below cannot explain the division of labour at all points in individuals' life courses, it does provide explicitly comparative information about men and women.
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This observation is borne out particularly strongly by her study of responses to domestic violence (for which there is a distressingly large amount ofarchivalevidence).
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Upton steers a deft course through the extensivearchivalevidenceon all these topics, but for all his clarity there are times when the reader too requires a clear head.
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The painting is traditionally dated 1664, though noarchivalevidencehas yet been found to confirm this.
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With the book seriesarchivalevidenceis brought forward to the post-cold-war perspective.
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Via the available databases, the visitor can gain insight intoarchivalevidenceon the lives of many artists of past centuries.
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However, of this famous story very little can be substantiated byarchivalevidence.
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The documentary makers found noarchivalevidencefrom newspapers of these events, leading to the assumption that the story was crafted to fit the remains.
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Archivalevidencesuggests this may have been a mourning practice, but the purpose of such ritual handling of hair has not been concretely determined.
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