1.   Since the cold war ended, many state intelligence agencies have struggled to justify their existence.

2.   If only by its unusual quantity, the collection would justify the existence ofa school here.

3.   The GCHQ spy centre in Cheltenham justified its existence for many years as a legitimate weapon of the cold war.

4.   An independent counsel has only one main subject to justify his existence, and the temptation to charge and overcharge must be great.

5.   And so Jim Manzi, the Lotus chief, asked his top communications person to justify her existence.

6.   Boxing does, in fact, help turn some tough kids into decent adults, although the ultimate physical damage is far too high to justify its existence.

7.   But it has told the IRA representative that time is running out for the panel to justify its existence by showing tangible results.

8.   By contrast, Browning said international terrorism agents often had to justify their existence.

9.   Can it justify its existence?

10.   For golfers, this is the place you must be in early-mid April to justify your existence.