crucial evidence

collocation in English

meaningsofcrucialandevidence

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crucial
adjective
uk
/ˈkruː.ʃəl/us
/ˈkruː.ʃəl/
extremely important ...
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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 ofcrucialandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Generally speaking, though, this is the sort of situation that would providecrucialevidenceto distinguish the two approaches, at least for sonority-driven stress.
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These classes are excluded because they do not providecrucialevidenceabout the continuancy status of lateral liquids.
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This does not provide any support for the analysis or anycrucialevidenceagainst it.
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Emergence of the unmarked has been taken ascrucialevidencein validating optimality theoretic accounts of grammar.
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In contrast, the present argument has been that none of the data offered in support of his three hypotheses provides thecrucialevidencerequired for those conclusions.
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This is reallycrucialevidenceon his behalf, because, in a way, his masters were trying to have it both ways.
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I hope that during the wind-up speech thatcrucialevidencewill be forthcoming.
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It may indeed constitutecrucialevidenceat a trial.
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I suggest that in very many instances the police already had thecrucialevidence.
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After much painstaking work, our investigators could construct the pattern of the journey and gathercrucialevidenceof the criminal activities.
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Apparently, he believed that the oranges would go rotten and perish while he awaited jury trial, so destroying thecrucialevidenceagainst him.
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We need that to inform what is clearly going to be a truncated public debate, in which thatcrucialevidenceis simply unavailable.
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Airborne dust measurements that are reported to have been carried out at the factory could providecrucialevidencein this devastating story.
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That is an example of a case where the police would not have been in possession of all thecrucialevidenceif they had been restricted to four days.
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However, the prosecution was forced to enter a "nolle prosequi" (unwilling to pursue) whencrucialevidencewas deemed inadmissible.
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Despite this, he almost lazily discoveredcrucialevidencein a matter of seconds during one outing.
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This was consideredcrucialevidence, and prosecutors said that they would have never agreed to the plea bargain if they had seen the tapes.
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His solicitor also did not usecrucialevidencein the case to cross-examine witnesses.
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