satisfactory evidence

collocation in English

meaningsofsatisfactoryandevidence

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satisfactory
adjective
uk
/ˌsæt.ɪsˈfæk.tər.i/us
/ˌsæt̬.ɪsˈfæk.tɚ.i/
good or good enough for a particular need ...
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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 ofsatisfactoryandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsatisfactory evidence

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There is nosatisfactoryevidenceon record to show that plaintiff is an outcaste.
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It is not my intention to suggest that music will never serve assatisfactoryevidenceof activities in the past.
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A second piece of evidence is derived from the above-mentioned test of replacing it by that or plural they, which has already been dismissed as not producingsatisfactoryevidence.
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The aspect of running costs, on which this analysis provides the leastsatisfactoryevidence, is probably the issue of the cost implications of any change in length of stay.
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I suggest that we must have moresatisfactoryevidencethan this before we take such a step as is contemplated tonight.
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Our courts are very experienced in deciding in tort cases whether there has beensatisfactoryevidenceof injured feelings, and the appropriate sum to award.
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Every week furnishessatisfactoryevidencethat the number of persons actually engaged in lawlessness has considerably decreased.
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An inspector is sent when there is some ground for presuming from the facts submitted that local inquiry might lead tosatisfactoryevidencebeing obtained.
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There was nosatisfactoryevidencegiven on that point at all.
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The onus of proof rests upon a claimant, and unlesssatisfactoryevidenceof age is forthcoming no authority exists to award a pension.
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She was unable to furnishsatisfactoryevidencethat she had attained the statutory age.
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So far 10 farmers have submittedsatisfactoryevidenceto support their claims which have been approved for payment in 1995.
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I do not think that its mere continued existence is any verysatisfactoryevidenceof proper functioning.
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There must be somesatisfactoryevidencethat the unemployed insured person is re-entering employment.
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We are trying to find a method which will give reallysatisfactoryevidenceof the degree of smoke emission.
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On production ofsatisfactoryevidenceof this the passport was issued at once.
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One can never obtainsatisfactoryevidence; one has to act upon suspicion.
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One cannot bring a case to court unless one hassatisfactoryevidenceto place before it.
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All this issatisfactoryevidenceof movement in the right direction.
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There would also, of course, in many cases be difficulty in obtainingsatisfactoryevidenceof paternity.
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