But the findings do not prove that no relationship exists.
It can also be more difficult to bring a period of employment to a close when a personal relationship exists.
For three years a relationship existed between them which ended in 2010.
"Were you able to confirm that such a relationship existed?"
Naturally, such relationships existed long before the words for them came into use.
In democratic countries, a special relationship exists between media and government.
If this is indeed the case, a similar relationship might exist in other species.
This same relationship exists in the diagram on the right.
Ask what relationship exists between the bank selling the fund and the fund's management.
For three months their relationship existed only on the phone.