1.   And their continued existence, damn them, means this writer can no longer fall back on one of his favourite lines.

2.   Because I think the Net fundamentally undermines the continued existence of the nation-state, which is already past its economic usefulness.

3.   So the continued existence of the species, Man, remains in doubt.

4.   Such people manifestly lack those human characteristics a society both produces in its members and relies on for its continued existence.

5.   The continued existence of the private sector has allowed those with sufficient resources to avoid the worst aspects of the state system.

6.   ...the continued existence of a species.

7.   The CCDFG denounced the continued existence of repressive laws and called for the release of political prisoners and detainees.

8.   Which raised the problem of my own continued existence.