continuing existence

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinueandexistence

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continue
verb
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juː/us
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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existence
noun
uk
/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/us
/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/
the fact of something or ...
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(Definition ofcontinueandexistencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There are compelling, beneficence-based ethical reasons for concluding thatcontinuingexistenceof fetuses with isolated hydrocephalus is in their interest.
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In its first two years of operation, priority was given to programmes that would support the foundation and ensure itscontinuingexistence.
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Theircontinuingexistencedepends on bargaining with additional parties.
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I am obliged to say that we have taken a feeble line over thecontinuingexistenceof wages councils.
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They are a people who, in the face of the hypocrisy of the international community, the occupation and terror, are fighting for theircontinuingexistence.
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Thecontinuingexistenceof the village school is probably the one great concern felt by parents of school age children who live in villages.
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I hope that throughout thecontinuingexistenceof new towns we shall see an improvement of communication.
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However, they are not sufficient to justify thecontinuingexistenceof a vast, elected regional authority spending a colossal sum of public money annually.
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Bodies who behave like that ought not to be allowed to have acontinuingexistence.
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I must repeat that we are not talking about an individual's grocery purchases: we are talking about thecontinuingexistenceof communities.
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There is yet another problem in thecontinuingexistenceon a disturbing scale of unfair discrimination in one form or another against individuals.
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The stag hunt is supported by almost every member of the farming community and this guarantees the deer'scontinuingexistence.
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They will be set up as and when needed by the police authority and will have nocontinuingexistenceor staff.
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There are also other factors which threaten thecontinuingexistenceof beekeeping and thereby, indirectly, also the yields of many important agricultural crops.
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I also explained that an important aspect of this was thecontinuingexistenceof highly professional, well-motivated and disciplined armed forces.
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So what are the reasons for thecontinuingexistenceof the gender pay gap?
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In those circumstances, we see no need for thecontinuingexistenceof a statutory, advisory body.
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The single and most outstanding indictment of our world civilisation is thecontinuingexistenceof stark and widespread poverty among two-thirds of the world's population.
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Should not theircontinuingexistencebe reviewed?
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Prosscription is a remedy against the identifiable group with an organisational structure and acontinuingexistence.
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