1.   If the new project fails, it could threaten the very existence of the company.

2.   In other words, failure on one new project could threaten the very existence of the company.

3.   Indeed, Wills J. appeared to query the very existence of a Marital rape exemption.

4.   The officials saw their very existence as an affront to the creation of the master race.

5.   The thought of our own guilt threatens our very existence.

6.   The very existence of the Mac fanatics fueled the resistance of those whom Apple was most trying to woo.

7.   The very existence of the museum is threatened by lack of funding.

8.   Public worries about accidents are threatening the very existence of the nuclear power industry.

9.   ...blindness in government policy to the very existence of the unemployed.