Sentence examples for the ongoing presence from inspiring English sources

Disillusioned at the ongoing presence of the old regime, she said she wouldn't vote.

The ongoing presence of dozens of militias, a weak government administration, and delays in implementing political reforms continued to undermine stability in large parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2014.

July 2011 was still the date to start the withdrawal, and 2014 was the date by which a pretence would be established of Afghan "sovereignty", despite the ongoing presence of tens of thousands, but not hundreds of thousands, of foreign troops.

Recovery defined as living a fulfilling, rewarding life, even in the ongoing presence of a mental illness.

No less determinative is the ongoing presence of the Christian God and that, too, has become a kind of absence.

The ongoing presence of Russian troops has been a stumbling block in peace talks and the West is concerned about the Soviet-era arsenal in the territory.

It added that "the triads became an ongoing presence in the Macau casinos" from the 1980s.

So you have enormous deep pockets, which can manifest in the insider game in terms of the oil and gas industry having hired almost every lobbyist under the state capital, or the outside game in terms of their ongoing presence on the airwaves and talking about how wonderful fracking is.

A high-ranking U.S. official told me that the Chinese established their ongoing presence at Ayungin in May largely because the Filipinos had made comments about wanting to reinforce the detachment there with new materials and/or repairs to the hull of the boat.

Mr. Murtha, a Democratic congressman from the Pittsburgh area since 1974, has become a particularly high profile opponent of the Iraq war; as a retired Marine Corps colonel and a leading voice on defense issues, his criticism of the American strategy and ongoing presence in Iraq has made him a frequent presence on television and cable news.

Since September 11th, the costs of America's ongoing presence have seemed to outweigh the benefits.