And he may be a more permanent presence than people think.

There is no permanent presence of the police or military.

His teaching post, too, suggests a permanent presence in Europe.

The membership is supposed to change every four years, but some members have a more permanent presence than others.

With the surge, the Americans became a permanent presence in the neighborhood.

China is therefore doing all it can to establish a permanent presence in Africa.

Your business is more likely to be subject to local regulations if you have a permanent presence, such as a representative office.

Decades passed before we had the technology that would allow us to establish a permanent presence.

"Shakespeare is a permanent presence in the English letters," he said.

But there's never been a serious, permanent presence of our investigators before."

They are likely to reflect an itinerant rather than a permanent presence.

"No matter what happens from here out, we have clearly established a permanent presence in the politics of this city.

Do I think we should have a permanent presence in Bosnia?

Slowly, he said, "I do not wish to accept the permanent presence of these aliens on our world."

None of these bloodstained campaigns led to a permanent presence, however.

You therefore get an instrument for a permanent presence.

"Architecture can give a permanent presence and identity to dance.

I am not suggesting a permanent presence in Bosnia.

His police were to be a deterrent to crime by their permanent presence on the Thames.

"People would not give me important paintings unless they knew I had a permanent presence in a very important art city," he said.

"Students support the current presence of troops because we need them now," he said, "but not a permanent presence."

This eliminated storage near the construction site, and the work could be done without the permanent presence of the architect.

She has also begun designing a year-round program of shows and educational programs to make the festival a permanent presence here.

Who knows, perhaps the cancer epidemic may be linked to the permanent presence of nano-aerosols in our environment.

This included a reduced permanent presence on the continent and an increased support to multilateral interventions.