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This limits the capacity to combine corroborated evidence for species hypotheses from DNA barcoding with corroboration derived from evidence from other data sources.
Similarly, in February this year, Tony Abbott launched an attack on the reporting of the mistreatment claims by saying, "If a very serious allegation was being made that Australian Navy personnel effectively tortured people, well you'd think any responsible news outlet, let alone the voice of Australia – the ABC – would have sought corroboration before broadcasting them".
But some corroboration comes from eminent author and political analyst Sean Trende, who found the same strong relationship among counties – that is, counties (which provide a much larger dataset) with higher levels of white evangelicals are voting in a lower percentage for Romney.
We already know that corroboration was difficult, if not impossible, to obtain.
Kirby said many things shocked him about the lives of ordinary North Koreans, but he mentioned in particular the regime's denial that political prison camps exist, "especially given the strong testimony and the corroboration by the international satellite images now available to the world".
It is a drama in which two men speak at cross purposes: one asserts his honest intentions and his need to return to London for the birth of his daughter, while the other insists upon a conspiracy theory, and coerces corroboration.
Ever since India alleged, with subsequent corroboration from America and Britain, that Pakistani terrorists carried out last month's mass murder in Mumbai, the country's politicians, generals and fire-breathing journalists have been declaring themselves ready for war if that's what India chooses.India's government, despite huge pressure from its own bellicose media, has been more restrained.
Yet there is no corroboration of the most intriguing reports, such as an attempt to poison the drinks of NATO troops.
Before long, however, politicians and others were finding corroboration for their views in the cockle-pickers' misfortune.For the government, the deaths proved the menace of the "snakeheads", gangs who smuggle Chinese emigrants to the west for perhaps £20,000 ($37,000)—the sort of crooks that a new FBI-style policing agency, announced by Tony Blair this week, is supposed to tackle.
His conclusion — that it is a consequence of social environment — clearly indicates too heavy reliance for corroboration on such doubtful authorities as Sigmund Freud, a certain Wilson Patterson and 123 students at the University of New Mexico.
Others in the region fear that the Saudi intervention may draw the Iranians indirectly into the fray; they have already been accused, so far without independent corroboration , of arming and financing the Houthis.Clobbering the jihadistsBolder action against al-Qaeda may, however, have produced more solid gains.
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The primary grammatical function of "corroboration" is as a noun . It refers to the act of corroborating or the evidence that supports a claim or theory. This aligns with Ludwig's analysis, which identifies it as a noun and confirms its usability in various contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
