Sentence examples for states existed from inspiring English sources
"None of the present-day Middle Eastern states existed, and even the term 'Middle East' hadn't been invented.
Hundreds of independent states existed on the Indian subcontinent prior to the period of British control there in the 17th 19th centuries.
A few years later, a new penal colony in Australia eased the strain; and prisons shifted firmly back to state control, at least where states existed, for the next two centuries.The pendulum has swung back.
"The silly part is that the story of the potato began millennia before the concept of nation states existed," said Charles Crissman, a researcher at the International Potato Center.
European states existed to fight wars, in some sense - at least the ones that were no good at fighting soon stopped being states - and this required qualities beyond mere belligerence.
When something is described as "as American as apple pie", it simply means that no one remembers exactly which immigrant group brought it with them – and where the apple pie is concerned, those mellow mists of time are more like a fruitful fog, because it's been a staple in the States since before those states existed.
That one simple sentence finally acknowledges that all three states exist.
Other types of energy with even more finely spaced states exist but are not discussed here.
It may seem strange to say that this region is described as nationless, because it is a region where determined, modern states exist.
As a result, 2 m possible group states exist.
These states exist in the frequency region where the linear surface waves do not exist.
