0 to be, or to be real:
1 to live, or to live in difficult conditions:
2 to be; have the ability to be known, recognized, or understood:
It's in the poorer, underdeveloped eastern region of the country that the biggest problems exist.
The English king, Arthur, is a somewhat shadowy figure who may not have even existed.
Laws exist to stop companies exploiting their employees.
To the extent that anyone has a reason to participate, the reason must partly depend on the fact that the practice actually exists.
A close reading of existing literature on political reform, development and multiculturalism also suggests cause for scepticism about the dawning of the ' postmulticultural ' era.
My characterization and justification of a state's duties regarding human rights as special does not preclude criticism of the existing international legal order.