A number of missions owe their existence to the initiative and financial support given in the first place by the Association.

So some future planet in this system might still owe its existence to her.

Even the trees in most cases owed their existence to him.

Virtually every school owed its existence to a religious purpose.

Life on Earth owed its existence to the event, but that was of no interest to the computer.

Many of the south coast resorts owe their existence to the line.

"How could someone owe their existence to an alternate universe?"

To be sure, some companies owe their existence to Drexel.

We probably owe our own existence to such good fortune.

The island itself owes its very existence to the volcano.