Sentence examples for it may persist from inspiring English sources

The occurrence of a given parasite in more than one host species may markedly affect its epidemiological character; it may persist, for example, in one or another of its hosts as a reservoir of infection, sallying forth to encounter the alternate host only on occasion.

The release of a pesticide molecule, engineered in a laboratory, is under direct human control when released, and its further release can be limited even though it may persist in the biologic web— like DDT, whereas an organism capable of reproduction, such as a live-virus vaccine, has the potential for amplification and divergence in nature.

There is no simple, effective treatment for the eye disease, and it may persist for years.

It may persist from several weeks to a few months but subsides spontaneously.

But later surveys showed that this oil was much slower to degrade, leading scientists to fear that it may persist for decades.

The status of Harpy Eagle on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica is not known, but it may be extirpated from this region, or at least populations there are greatly reduced, although it may persist in the Cordillera de Talamanca or near the Nicaraguan border (Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Even if it is granted that the proponents of neutral monism did not intend it as a form of eliminativism, the worry that it is eliminativist may persist.

As a rule, it passes off within a few seconds or minutes, though its repercussions may persist for some time.

It cannot easily be stilled by filling one's stomach because the emptiness it is based on may persist beyond the physical satisfaction.

It said it expects tough market conditions "may persist for some time".

A decomposing body significantly alters the chemistry of the soil beneath it, causing changes that may persist for years.