first-hand evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffirsthandandevidence
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firsthand
adjective
uk/ˌfɜːstˈhænd/us/ˌfɝːstˈhænd/
gained by doing something yourself or from someone who was involved ...
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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 offirsthandandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A surviving logbook or journal thus becomes prime evidence, indeed perhaps the onlyfirst-handevidence, that a particular voyage took place.
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First-handevidenceis presented to support this claim.
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That isfirst-handevidencefrom a practitioner at the sharp end of the business.
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It is not evenfirst-handevidence; it is very often mere hearsay evidence.
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There can be a good reason for that— thatfirst-handevidenceis always preferable to secondhand evidence.
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I have givenfirst-handevidenceof the condition in which the sites are left.
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Where is thefirst-handevidenceof the circumstances that gave rise to this nonsense in the first place?
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The victim feels more secure as a result of those devices and the police can gather valuablefirst-handevidence.
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There is so muchfirst-handevidenceof it that there is no doubt whatever that it is true.
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Would it be incumbent on the appeal tribunal to read evidence—perhapsfirst-handevidence—on the subject?
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That isfirst-handevidenceto support my suggestion.
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The question is whether any freshfirst-handevidencecan be obtained.
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I can givefirst-handevidencefrom my father.
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I feel that a littlefirst-handevidencemay be of use.
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After this long period no one can say fromfirst-handevidencewhat happened in and before 1906.
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This isfirst-handevidence, and it is a speech by a teacher stating what he believes, and what he conveyed to his pupils.
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The judge must consider that it is of less probative value thanfirst-handevidencethat he hears.
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I also received abundantfirst-handevidencefrom parents in my constituency of their teenagers having been approached by people seeking to peddle drugs.
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People will be implicated not because the supergrass has hard,first-handevidenceto give about them but because he believes that that is what the police want to hear.
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I have a body offirst-handevidenceto show that the position is very different and that the chain responsibility is cut up at a whole series of points.
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