Sentence examples for had it persisted from inspiring English sources

For some observers, what we're seeing is the ugly resurgence of a trend we were lucky to escape in the early 1990s: a world of tethered appliances, sterile software and infantilised consumers that, had it persisted, would have prevented innovative companies like Google or Facebook arising in the first place.

In recent years, CBPP re-emerged from where it had persisted and has spread to areas from which it had previously been eradicated, thus stimulating new, large-scale efforts to contain or possibly eradicate epidemics (http://www.fao.org).

It has persisted because it tastes good, but also because it has been passed down through generations and sustained through such cultural mainstays as the church fellowship dinner.

"It made them edgier than they would have been otherwise, and it has persisted throughout their lives".

As it has persisted, international criticism has mounted, and both the United States and European countries have imposed sanctions on Mr. Assad himself.

It had persisted for weeks and woke her patient up from sleep -- that was unusual.

Mr. Dawydiak said the current bloom was unusual because it had persisted through last winter, though at far lower levels, before surging in April and May as waters warmed.

A symptom was not registered if it had persisted unchanged longer than three months.

Like many aspects of education, it has persisted probably because it is a truly daunting task to thoughtfully address the issues and come up with a plan to improve it.

Maybe it could have persisted had Senate Democrats played a longer game, but only temporarily; however the Senate voted on Neil Gorsuch, the same forces that doomed Robert Bork and Merrick Garland would have doomed the filibuster hereafter.

Those that can do it have persisted; those that can't have not.