scant evidence

collocation in English

meaningsofscantandevidence

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scant
adjective[before noun]
uk
/skænt/us
/skænt/
very little and ...
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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 ofscantandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscant evidence

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The challenge is to attribute a plausible function despite thescantevidence.
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He seems instead to have established a quasi-factual claim arrived at by an analysis of many assumptions andscantevidence.
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A major purpose of this article is to investigate, as far as thescantevidenceallows, the performances of these cross-dressed specialists in 'boy roles'.
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Scantevidenceexists to demonstrate the effectiveness of any one recruitment strategy over another.
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The general strategy was based on the reconstruction of the past, the emphasis on memory, and the attempt to construct meaning out of thescantevidenceleft by the military.
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Throughout this period there isscantevidencethat the west's cautious diplomacy has had a deterrent or constructive effect.
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There are other cases where there isscantevidenceand the stores make themselves responsible for a prosecution.
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However, there isscantevidencethat motorists are leaving their cars at home or that pensioners or other bus users are using buses more often.
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There isscantevidencethat a majority in any favours further construction.
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How can that assertion be tested against suchscantevidence?
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The number of women in prison needs to be reduced as there isscantevidencethat the increase in sentencing has reduced crime.
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In the past three years we have hadscantevidencethat this was being done.
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Many vessels, some quite large, have disappeared without trace, or leftscantevidenceof their passing.
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However, androstenedione was legally defined as an anabolic steroid, even though there isscantevidence that androstenedione itself is anabolic in nature.
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However, there isscantevidenceplacing human settlements in the area at the time of the floods, 12 to 13 thousand years ago.
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There is somescantevidenceto support the hypothesis that they undergo fission and possess spin.
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Others now believe there isscantevidencefor this unless the genes are operating very early in the pregnancy.
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Sharaku shows the skill of a master, despitescantevidencethat he had prior experience designing prints.
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By the fifth novel this optimism is inscantevidence.
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