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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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Techniques that can not readily be proven analytically are unlikely to gain much engineering credence .
give
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But the London office checked it out and confirmed that the sheer secrecy of the Bedford police gave credence to the story.
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What empirical evidence is there that might persuade us to give credence to this sharp and absolute distinction?
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In trying to negotiate we must give considerable credence to the particular problem of the most difficult areas.
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We give them greater credence if we allow them to be grouped with other less controversial policies.
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There were many other priests out there, their presence giving credence to the deception.
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By not confronting its opponents' lies when and wherever uttered, it gave them credence .
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The Church of S. Theodora originally belonged to a monastery; large cisterns found in the vicinity give credence to this theory.
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How often in the past have I not given due credence to relatives' statements of how bad the client was?
lend
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The absence of military protection for the abolitionists in Alton lends credence to legal indifference that bound the country at this time.
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It lends credence to the kinds of beliefs and fears that make victims of all who hold them.
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These debates lend credence to the view that the southern states would not have ratified the Constitution without the proslavery compromises.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they don't get any credence here and several of our most respected lawyers, doctors and public servants are black.
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Looking at him, I can see why the ignorant give credence to the Evil Eye.
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Political economy and class perspectives on urban sociology lend little credence to this type of analysis.
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There were many other priests out there, their presence giving credence to the deception.
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These debates lend credence to the view that the southern states would not have ratified the Constitution without the proslavery compromises.
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They ask: Why should I give credence to a life that has imposed barriers on me?
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We give them greater credence if we allow them to be grouped with other less controversial policies.
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What empirical evidence is there that might persuade us to give credence to this sharp and absolute distinction?