continuing presence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontinueandpresence
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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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presence
noun
uk/ˈprez.əns/us/ˈprez.əns/
the fact that someone or something is in ...
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(Definition ofcontinueandpresencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Of equal importance is thecontinuingpresenceof active vertical heat transport a t the smaller scales while restratification occurs a t the large scales.
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Residents have some responsibility towards their environment imposed upon them by theircontinuingpresencethere.
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They discovered thecontinuingpresenceof big landowners but also a strong sense of independence that militated against trade union organisation and class struggle.
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The flattening induced is calcium dependent, is reversed transiently at mitosis and requires thecontinuingpresenceof the drug.
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Consequently, no provision is made for theircontinuingpresenceby architects and planners.
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That is a direct consequence both of the division of the island and of thecontinuingpresenceof foreign troops to underpin it.
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These are very different proposals from those we put, which were for acontinuingpresenceon an alternating basis.
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It is only thecontinuingpresenceof farming that ensures that many communities remain viable.
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The question about thecontinuingpresenceof an authority which is not a civil authority was also raised.
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We have not been offered any convincing evidence to justify itscontinuingpresenceon the statute book.
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It hid thecontinuingpresenceof infection in the patients' teeth, which flared up later.
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Thecontinuingpresenceof the 3 million or so unemployed is a waste of economic resources and potential skills.
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It is thecontinuingpresenceof the white cadre on which the prosperity of the whole country will depend.
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Secondly, there is an argument that that presence has become pointless and that they are not achieving anything, or not sufficient to justify theircontinuingpresencein the country.
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During the funeral of a head of household, the canoe is buried in the middle of the house in remembrance of thecontinuingpresenceof the late figure.
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