Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] evidence [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It was perhaps evidence of some restraint that Elena did not oblige Romanians to praise her for her own inventions , but only those expropriated from others .
2 The site of this settlement was in Bredcroft or ‘ Bradcroft ’ meadow , and in the nineteenth century there was still evidence of its existence .
3 Oh yes , there was still evidence of the disaster , so she cut the remnants into tiny pieces to stuff the cushion !
4 Although there was evidence of awareness of the need to adapt training programmes rather than simply abandon them , there was also evidence of lack of any systematic in-service training , justified by inability to employ methods that depend on staff mobility :
5 There was also evidence of greater Israeli flexibility on fundamentals .
6 There was also evidence of vote-buying on a massive scale .
7 Erm that had er most economic histor historians agree that between nineteen fifty two , nineteen fifty fifty two there was a healthy recovery and then a slackening off and that erm another consequence of land reform was to decrease the output marketed by peasants and this was because , as we mentioned earlier , the peasants have a high propensity to consume and lower marketing land was rich peasants erm and that one says that there was a new air reported then in the countryside unleashing unprecedented wave of productive enthusiasm , initiative and creativeness but there was also evidence of instability and uncertainty which hindered erm the advance of erm productiv improving productivity and investment .
8 Only on one unit was there evidence of good buildings and this was due to the farmer 's previous experience in the building trade .
9 Only on some dairy farms was there evidence of well designed housing .
10 Neither was there evidence of anything more than superficial surface treatment .
11 Only in School G was there evidence of study skills genuinely permeating the lower-school curriculum , though again this initiative was very much identified with a dynamic coordinator of IS who has since left the school .
12 In no patient was there evidence of perforation , even in those in whom bile collections were found .
13 Without lapsing into the complacency , or even euphoria , of some of these judgements , there was certainly evidence of a nation enjoying the fruits of prosperity , however deceptive .
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