Sentence examples for was in persistent from inspiring English sources

The Office for National Statistics said in 2014 6.5% of the UK population was in persistent poverty, amounting to approximately 3.9 million people.

An earlier medical bulletin issued by the San Raffaele hospital in Milan to which Berlusconi was admitted said he was in "persistent" pain and was being given antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drugs.

At the end of surgery the patient was in persistent complete heart block requiring a pacemaker implantation.

At discharge from Neurological Department after 90 d from admission, when the patient was transferred to Rehabilitation Department for Severe Brain Injuries, he was in persistent coma state with no purposeful responses to stimuli, miotic reactive pupils, and flaccid areflexic tetraplegia due to a superimposed critical illness polyneuropathy, demonstrated with electroneurografric examinations.

His ruling affects those deemed to be in persistent vegetative or minimally conscious states.

The analysis also revealed that older employees were more likely to be in persistent low pay than younger ones.

Stepchange, another debt charity, says more than 8 million people borrow to pay for basic goods each month, and 3.3 million people are in persistent credit card debt.

The latest statistics also show 8% of people are in "persistent poverty".

But only 7.8% were defined as being in "persistent income poverty" in 2013 - less than half the 15.9% EU average.

"The longer people are out of work, the longer they are in persistent poverty as they need to rely on out-of-work benefit.

Miller died in October 2004 after being in persistent poor health.