Its ongoing presence goes more or less unremarked, if not unappreciated.

Even though Malta acquired independence, there was an ongoing presence of continuity.

This view contrasted with previous United States demands for an ongoing physical military presence and led to the negotiation of two separate treaties.

STS-117 crew patch symbolizes the continued construction of the space station and ongoing human presence in space.

He won 298 votes (0.8 percent), making a speech against the ongoing presence of UK troops in Iraq at the declaration of the result.

The feminist movement has been an ongoing presence in American culture, and the group of women targeted at the beginning has since changed.

Leaving so soon will complicate our ongoing presence here.

But its basic insight about the "ghostly ongoing presence" of the oracle is sound.

The ongoing presence of cyclically favourable conditions in the euro area calls for further fiscal consolidation efforts in 2007 and beyond.

"Social license" generally refers to a local community's acceptance or approval of a company's project or ongoing presence in an area.