Example sentences of "[adj] evidence [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In such areas as Y.T.S. and T.V.E.I. , there is some evidence to suggest that Catholic provision is already being left behind .
2 There is some evidence to suggest that Asian claimants are particularly reluctant to become indebted to agencies beyond the family ( Cohen , 1991b ) .
3 Attention has been heavily concentrated on national campaigns and the activities of party leaders , despite the fact that there is some evidence to suggest that local campaigns may be becoming more important in influencing election results .
4 There is then some evidence to show that Japanese workers do indeed work for longer periods with each employer , but only 20 per cent of labour in the private sector stay long enough to get close to the peak of the wages profile .
5 This evidence suggests that social rather than biological mechanisms were responsible for the traditional status of blacks in the USA .
6 In short , inveighing against hierarchy is rhetoric : both the logic of efficiency and the historical evidence disclose that non-hierarchical modes are mainly of ephemeral duration .
7 Higher spreads from high-yield bonds have historically overcompensated for the default rate … historical evidence indicates that general economic downturns are not closely correlated with peak high-yield default rates …
8 Although there is no dietary requirement whatsoever for it ( indeed , considerable scientific evidence shows that increasing sugar consumption correlates with greater risk of diabetes and several other common Western diseases5 ) it does possess one very special characteristic .
9 There is limited evidence to suggest that working class women were also convinced of the danger their contributions to the family economy posed to their husbands ' work incentives .
10 There is , in fact , no hard evidence to show that rural depopulation has been socially selective either way .
11 Anecdotal evidence suggests that British companies , which in theory stand a good chance of winning public contracts , are finding in practice that they are being discouraged .
12 Anecdotal evidence confirms that informal investors also operate in the UK but there has been no research to assess their role and significance in the financing of small businesses .
13 Several writers , including Jencks and his associates have provided ample evidence showing that increased education provision does not abolish poverty or reduce income inequalities substantially .
14 While there are problems if cattle and sheep are allowed to overgraze pasture , there would appear to be ample evidence to suggest that grazing cattle and sheep on natural grassland can be beneficial to maintaining an ecological balance .
15 The already high incidence of vascular disease in non-diabetic western populations appears to be still higher in diabetic subjects and , although there have been suggestions of a specific diabetic large-vessel disease ( Lundbaek , 1973 ) , there is little evidence to suggest that atherosclerotic lesions in diabetics are distinct from those in non-diabetics ( Strandness et al , 1964 ) .
16 However , other reports using the Wada technique have provided little evidence to suggest that bilateral speech production is a significant feature of all cases of stuttering ( Andrews , Quinn and Sorby , 1972 ; Luessonhop , Boggs , Labowit and Walle , 1973 ; Dorman and Porter , 1975 ) .
17 Whilst Chesterton 's later justified reputation of being one of the most rabid anti-semites connected with British fascism would suggest that this was like asking a cat to drink a bowl of cream , there is little evidence to suggest that prior to his involvement in the BUF he viewed the world primarily through anti-semitic spectacles , despite being a second cousin to such notorious anti-semites as Cecil and G.K. Chesterton .
18 As was intimated in the introduction , although there is little evidence to suggest that sexual behaviour changed greatly in the period , the feeling remained for many people at the time that this was nevertheless what was happening .
19 There is still very little evidence to show that oral sex is risky for HIV transmission .
20 The aetiology remains unknown , but much circumstantial evidence suggests that immunological mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis .
21 There is now fairly good observational evidence to suggest that black holes of about this size exist in double-star systems such as the X-ray source known as Cygnus X-I .
22 Third , there is substantial evidence showing that economic growth and education in advanced industrial societies are correlated , though there is equally substantial disagreement about the direction of the causality .
23 Therefore , the empirical evidence suggesting that reliable signals of each actor 's state are not seen in the course of animal conflicts may have been misinterpreted .
24 After 1979 banks marketed their overseas lending facilities more aggressively , although there is considerable evidence to suggest that inadequate attention was paid to assessing the quality of borrowers .
25 There is considerable evidence to suggest that Catholic devotional practices remained extremely popular right up until the time they were banned , and there can be little doubt that , following their suppression , many lay people initially felt an acute sense of loss and found the new Protestant liturgy an uncongenial and inadequate substitute for their traditional customs and beliefs .
26 Even in the relatively open systems of Western industrial societies , there is considerable evidence to suggest that large numbers of able and talented individuals remain in the lower strata .
27 Ms Yvonne Mitchell , of Hackney , east London , was allowed bail with sureties totalling £12,000 after medical evidence showed that continued breastfeeding was vital for the baby 's safety .
28 The medical evidence showed that excessive oxygen was a cause of blindness in premature babies but it was not the only factor which caused blindness .
29 Paleontological and zoological evidence shows that ectothermic bones contain few primary vascular channels .
30 Nevertheless tabular evidence demonstrates that non-traditional students and mature student entrants as a category perform well enough to support a policy of providing opportunities for adults previously unable to enter higher education .
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