Sentence examples for having already existed from inspiring English sources

He introduced the traditions of circumcision and family intermarriage (such as between parent and step-child, or between half-siblings) among Merina nobles, these practices having already existed among certain other Malagasy ethnic groups.

But colleges and academies had already existed in Berlin since the mid-17th century.

And so a lobby formed where many assumed one had already existed.

Tensions had already existed between Luminant and Mr. Armendariz, who was appointed by President Obama in 2009 to head the regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency in Dallas.

Some middle-hairs who were previously uncommitted made their choice-and thereby made more acute a division that had already existed between them.

Mr. Golijov makes frequent use of musical material that "has already existed in the ages before us," including folk songs, prayer melodies and lullabies.

A town had already existed at the site for at least seven centuries, but evidence of human activity was limited to periods later than about 400 bc.

The euro has already existed in a virtual form for three years, used in trading stocks and bonds, interbank transactions and electronic purchases like credit card transactions.

New studies on chimpanzees suggest that this part of human nature may have already existed millions of years ago, perhaps before the human and ape lineages divided.

The world-weary author of the text then continues, "Sometimes there is something of which one says: 'Look, this is new!' — it has already existed in the ages before us".

He's become the model of diversity in this period, and what's interesting about his campaign is that it has not sought to invoke engagements with race other than those that have already existed".