Example sentences of "[pers pn] may exist in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At other times they may exist in competition , each endeavouring to gain influence in a third area . |
| 2 | They may exist in conjunction with , or separately from , road-station buildings such as mansiones and mutationes , which may , or may not , have had their own officials . |
| 3 | They may exist in favour of individuals , and in some cases in favour of a limited class , but , with the exception of the public right of fishing in tidal water , they can not exist in favour of the public at large . |
| 4 | The scientist who proposes new interpretations or principles is rather like the fictional detective ( they may exist in reality too ) who is faced with the same evidence as the reader and the police , but sees that it forms a different pattern when seen from the right angle . |
| 5 | It may exist in disregard of a loving partner , it may be condoned in a marriage where that partner is unloving , it may be reprehensible in its effect on spouse and children or — occasionally — it may support the family 's continued existence in circumstances which might otherwise break it . |