solid evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsolidandevidence
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solid
adjective
uk/ˈsɒl.ɪd/us/ˈsɑː.lɪd/
hard or firm, keeping a ...
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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 ofsolidandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsolid evidence
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Again, there is littlesolidevidenceavailable against which one could test this account and draw definitive conclusions.
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Secondly, the role of research in building asolidevidencebase, linking social inequalities to mental ill health amongst older women, is essential.
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The therapy recommendations for males therefore lack thesolidevidence, frequently present for females with breast cancer.
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There is an ongoing need for more studies to provide asolidevidencebase for the treatment of this condition.
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As far as we know, this is the first study to providesolidevidenceof this.
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These results providesolidevidencethat children's early spellings of words are based on the pronunciation they and their parents use at home.
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Although this is an idea commonly accepted by many geologists, this is the first and onlysolidevidencesupporting this long-standing assumption.
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We have nosolidevidencethat he ever left, and his descendants still live there.
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However, nosolidevidencehas been uncovered to support the assertion that policy objectives have changed.
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However, there appears to be more theory thansolidevidence.
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The book providessolidevidencefor an ' active ageing ' approach that sees older people as important resources to their families, communities and nations.
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And yet, notwithstandingsolidevidenceto the contrary, the charges stuck with many people.
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There is nosolidevidenceto show that home health care results in either higher or lower total costs than other care alternatives.
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The report turned out to be very useful in distinguishing betweensolidevidenceand evidence that needs to be qualified.
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This is a relative notion, however, as there is nosolidevidenceto suggest that houses were radically destroyed upon abandonment by burning or razing them to the ground.
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However, compounds do providesolidevidencewhen they are of a rare or unusual type, or when the distribution of one of the elements of a compound is restricted.
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Third, even though the author produces some fairlysolidevidencethat support her arguments, she tends to make her conclusions rather tentative.
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Any change in numbers of parasite individuals or in their use of niche space, compared with what is observed in single infections, providessolidevidencethat the species are interacting.
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Solution of these problems in the research reported here has providedsolidevidencein support of the concept of similarity in any description of the turbulent vortex ring.
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