1.   Authorities say only a large police presence kept the situation from getting worse.

2.   A large Israeli military presence may have kept the settlers in line.

3.   ESPN has just begun broadcasting in India, and its presence keeps growing on the Pacific Rim, if you can trust press releases.

4.   His presence did not keep the Red Sox from being swept for the first time this season.

5.   Saturday in Tours, shopkeepers were lamenting that the heavy police presence had kept away not only demonstrators, but regular customers.

6.   A heavy police presence kept watch.

7.   A strong police presence kept the sides apart.

8.   However, its presence does keep farmers from being able to raise crops like grapes.

9.   In some flashpoints, a heavy security presence has kept the peace.

10.   In the past, American and Russian military presence kept a lid on territorial disputes in Asia, a region more geographically dispersed and culturally diverse than Europe.