Sentences with phrase «find hard evidence»

«It's hard to find hard evidence.»

Of the two dozen published authors I've spoken to on WP, three quarters of them think posting their material (usually in its entirety) for free has increased their sales off site, but I've yet to find hard evidence.

Marc Stoiber of Maddock Douglas said he was «baffled» by Wendy's high perception score and could find no hard evidence to explain it, except to say that it may be because Wendy's offers «baked potatoes and a salad bar,» and people equate healthy choices with sustainable green practice.

UNESDA, which represents the soft drinks industry, said the Commission study, «finds hard evidence from a number of member states on the negative impact which food taxes can have on competitiveness and jobs, leading to an increase in administrative burdens.»

You had me worried when you mentioned your «bad feeling» about low cholesterol levels in vegans and while there seems to be plenty evidence to support the claim that having high cholesterol can be positive for many health reasons, I've not found any hard evidence that outright proves that vegans and vegetarians who eat a well balanced diet AND have low cholesterol are at risk of cancer, brain and nervous system issues, etc..

Indeed, back in 2009, Bridget Terry Long and Michal Kurlaender found hard evidence that starting at a two - year college lowers the probability of bachelor's degree attainment.

Not exact matches

From so - called bro - grammers, who have brought the worst of American frat culture to the corporate world, to Google's new plan to include user photos and recommendations in targeted ads, it's not hard to find evidence of mainstream outrage over the industry's excesses.

«We suspected that the young are most vulnerable because of their immature immune systems, but we didn't have a lot of hard evidence to show that before,» said study lead author Bo Hang, a Berkeley Lab staff scientist who previously found that thirdhand smoke could lead to genetic mutations in human cells.

It is hard to find empirical evidence that shows that economic growth by itself has eliminated deficits.

You can look around and find evidence of froth if you look hard enough — I wrote about Silicon Valley last week — but as far as bubbles go, this is junior varsity stuff.

You're not riling me up... you're simply putting on the internet evidence that all our founding fathers fought so hard for is simply ignored (taken for granted?)

During its investigations the Senate panel probed hard to find evidence of respect for law in the daily operations of intelligence.

Science had an idea, looked hard and found the trail of evidence, religion has had many ideas, looked real hard for even longer, and has yet to find anything.

That means it's almost certainly wrong, and must be assumed so unless evidence supporting it is found, which, given how hard we've tried over all of history, is unlikely.

I know it's super hard for you to understand that when new evidence is found, that how we see the world can change!

Same - sex advocates are inclined to treat the latter questions as rhetorical absurdities, but the evidence for posing them is not hard to find» and, Not surprisingly, it generally conforms to the argumentum ad consummationem pattern.

They found no hard evidence of that either, so now Americans are being called to war because of Saddam's lack of cooperation with inspectors.

Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish... so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other evidence of the Exodus and other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...

I find it hard to believe that your definition of faith includes rejection of something with evidence and acceptance of something without.

When it comes to Shakespeare, new evidence is hard to find, and everyone is interested....

Evidence of processed sugar cane has been found in Papua, New Guinea, dating back 8,000 years, and mounds of processed hard sugar were documented about 2,500 years ago during the Persian invasion of India.

Matt Cain defiled a Padres logo on the back of the Petco Park mound, but it's really hard to find Internet evidence of this.

We could still find plenty of evidence, but we'd have to look harder.

Even if bids are made for any of the loan players, or for the first team itself, and the club accept them it is hard to find evidence to say Rodgers will have made a bad judgement.

But it's hard to find reliable evidence that programs like these result in long - term improvements in the language abilities of disadvantaged children.

Pick up any men's magazine: in keeping with the fantasy, among the articles on six pack abs and turning her into a nympho, you will be hard pressed to find any evidence any of us are married, or worse, are tied down with children.

He claims that the theory of improved blood flow aiding athletic output and recovery is a very sound one, although it is hard to find scientific evidence that it helps cyclists.

Sorry... but when I hear stories (and they are many) of people getting prescribed antibiotics for what very well be a virus (nobody ever checked) and with the thought «oh well it can't hurt anything»... I have a really hard time finding that to be a credible practice, or one that could be considered «evidence - based.»

But it's hard to find evidence that «tastes» are a problem for babies after 4 months or so.

However, one CAN say that scientists have looked pretty hard for evidence of harm and failed to find any.

Like psychologist and author Madeline Levine, whose recent book Teach Your Children Well instructs otherwise well - intended parents to value character ahead of achievement, Tough finds evidence that children of the well - off are often denied the hard life experiences that would allow them to develop the qualities that breed success.

There is no hard scientific evidence to prove any of the above; you find many babies LOVE their green veggies and HATE their fruits and v. v.

If I were in a white - collar financial crimes division, investigating someone for corporate espionage, and found evidence of participation in a child pornography ring on their computer, I think people would be hard - pressed to argue that I should not pass that information along to other law enforcement people.

But on the evidence of its website Acoba has never told any ex-minister not to take up a job, and I find it hard to imagine this happening.

When debating the introduction of criminal sanctions, James Brokenshire, the then immigration minister, insisted that the Home Office evaluation found no hard evidence of discrimination.

Edmund J. McMahon, director of the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative group, said, «The hype and the rhetoric was all about tremendous, dramatic, earthshaking change, and it's hard to find any evidence of that.»

One thing that is clear from reading the paper is that they found no evidence of the «gateway theory» that use of cannabis would lead to use of other «harder» drugs.

However, I haven't found much in the way of hard evidence of whether or not Japan's neighbours are opposed to an apology.

Even so, most of Mr. Dietl's campaign cash comes from outside the city, a fact in evidence at a recent fund - raiser in which finding a New York City voter among those in attendance was harder than locating a German reporter working on a profile.

The only hard evidence was an empty jug of grade - A amber and a Barenaked Ladies concert T - shirt, both of which you'll now find in the State Museum.

Preet Bharara, the United States attorney whose office recently won the corruption convictions of two of New York's most powerful legislators, says that Albany's problems are deep and systemic but that potential solutions are not hard to find: They lie in the nitty - gritty evidence presented at the unprecedented trials.

But reliable evidence on the effects of those policies can be hard to find.

The evidence they have found, including the remains of the oldest seagoing ships ever discovered, offers hard proof of the Egyptians» nautical roots and important clues to the location of Punt.

The finding adds to evidence that lemmings will be hit hard by climate change.

The researchers believe their findings provide robust contemporary evidence that raising salaries at the lower end of the wage spectrum leads to higher productivity by incentivising workers to work harder, smarter and more cohesively.

The overwhelming medical evidence finds that most vaccine side effects among newborns and young children are mild — swelling, redness and a small, hard lump at the site of the injection — and typically pass within a couple of days.

Keep in mind that this is a very rare occurrence that is intermittent in nature and is not easily repeatable, so evidence is hard to find.

The findings suggest that the trees shield the coastline (pdf) by reducing the height and energy of ocean waves and offer hard evidence that deforestation could result in increased coastal damage from storms.

«Microbial life isn't easy to see, even today, so rocks that preserve evidence of ancient bacteria are hard to find and hard to study.»

«Our motive is not so much to establish that there is a hard surface,» Kumar said, «but to push the boundary of knowledge and find concrete evidence that really, there is an event horizon around black holes.»