"However, this indicator does not turn on a dime and a situation can persist for quite a while," he said.

The consensus here is that this situation cannot persist through another winter.

By the next morning, Heather knew he would die if the situation persisted.

I also felt that anything could happen if the current situation persists.

Such a situation cannot persist for long since firms would go out of business.

If this situation persists, there will be no need for future administrators.

If this situation persists there will be no reward value at all.

And I suspect he will not let that situation persist.

In any case, we will not go there while the current situation persists.

This situation has persisted since the creation of the agency in 2008.