Example sentences of "[verb] the first [adj] evidence " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tanturi and Ivy provided the first convincing evidence for the choleretic action of the vagus by showing that stimulation of the distal end of the divided vagus caused increased secretion of bile . |
| 2 | But in 1981 Malte Andersson tested for a preference in long-tailed widow birds , and provided the first strong evidence for Darwin 's theory . |
| 3 | To our knowledge , our results provide the first definite evidence for a link between an electrical signal and a biochemical response in plants . |
| 4 | To our knowledge , these findings provide the first direct evidence that mesenchymal as well as epithelial cells are involved in T-cell development , and suggest that their involvement is stage-specific and likely to be dependent on short-range or contact-mediated interactions . |
| 5 | These observations provide the first direct evidence that the early stages of T-cell development depend on fibroblast products and suggest that this effect is unlikely to be mediated solely by soluble factors . |
| 6 | Our results thus provide the first direct evidence that tamoxifen does not have antioestrogenic effects on bone in postmenopausal women and indicate a possible oestrogenic effect . |
| 7 | Recent palaeomagnetic results , suggesting that there are persistent preferred longitudinal paths for the virtual geomagnetic pole ( VGP ) during reversals , would provide the first direct evidence of the solid mantle 's influence on the core , although their statistical significance has been disputed . |
| 8 | The ITN film , providing the first real evidence of ill-treatment , increases pressure for military intervention . |
| 9 | Two studies in Sweden have provided the first convincing evidence of a link between exposure to electromagnetic radiation from overhead power lines and the incidence of cancer , according to officials from the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development . |
| 10 | A new study by Peter Bryant and Lynette Bradley at Oxford University provides the first good evidence that the ability to analyse a word into its constituent sounds is most important in the early stages of learning to read ( Nature , vol 301. p 419 ) . |
| 11 | The story of how ministers did so provides the first substantial evidence about how John Major 's government is functioning behind closed doors . |
| 12 | This report provides the first direct evidence for expression of P3A + variant mRNA in human thymus . |