It should be obvious to anyone that such a situation could not continue long.

"The situation should continue to improve during the next several months."

Their income, though, was at $9.7 million, and this situation continued through the late 1980s.

He knew that if the present situation continued, their marriage wouldn't last another three months.

The same situation continued when their son was in the first grade.

She wasn't certain how much longer the present situation could continue.

And this situation will continue until you decide to do something to change it.

This situation continued until the rise of the Labor in the 1890s.

If this situation continues, what will become of the European social model?

How long that situation will continue remains to be seen.