Sentence examples for a material proof from inspiring English sources

Bokova condemned the destruction at Palmyra as "an impudent crime against civilisation" because it was a symbol of cultural dialogue, a material proof of the ability of cultures to interact.

"They didn't find any arms or documents, and they didn't present any material proof, only the testimony of others," he said in a telephone interview.

Anything that will identify one of the 5,000 dead; anything that will give a distraught family the material proof of a life now lost.

Meant as a friendly token, the fruit was received as material proof of a godlike ruler's love for his subjects, and it was treated with religious awe.

And while the merchant retains the customer's signature as material proof of a direct transaction, he has only a string of 0s and 1s on a hard disk following an e-commerce transaction.

I am also quite aware that it is a good deal more likely that historians of rhetoric will take strong exception to my insisting on the historicity of the archive (its merely appearing to be present in an ontic sense, as material proof of the past) than my insisting upon the historicity of "us" (subjectivity as process rather than subjectivity as presence).

When asked if he was now an atheist - one who believes there is no God -Mr. Johnson said that he is probably closer to being an agnostic - one who questions the existence of God in the absence of material proof, and in an unwillingness to accept supernatural revelation.

For the sake of completeness, a formal proof of equation (1) is reported as supplementary material Proof S1 and the proof of equation (2) can be obtained in an analogous fashion.

While that etymogical argument in no way serves as material proof, the "aromatic reed theory" can serve as the basis for a set of assumptions.

"There is not one document, not one picture, not one account, not one piece of material proof.

Such divers were often mentioned in ancient texts but the Madrague de Giens wreck provided the first material proof of their activity and daring.