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Meanings of exist on paper in English

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Usage of exist on paper in English
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Many companies exist on paper only with no office and no employees.
Radio NZ
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That has led to a situation where units exist on paper but are not capable of combat.
Reuters
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Shell companies exist on paper only.
Radio NZ
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When they cease to have mutual interests the friendship is at an end, or only continues to exist on paper.
Cambridge Sketches
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Should it ever come to pass that The Irish Times ceases to exist on paper, I'll find another way of earning a living.
The Irish Times
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However, British Virgin Islands-based WCF really only existed on paper, prosecutors said.
Reuters
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It's important to remember that this scenario only exists on paper, so far.
News.com.au
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It was rented by some LLC out of Baltimore that exists on paper only.
Act of treason
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It's nothing particularly important, and it only exists on paper.
The Edge of the Knife
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That has led to units still existing on paper but not being capable of combat.
Reuters
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Yes, I know that, Miss Horowitz, but it has only existed on paper, hasn't it?
For the love of mike
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His father's shipping business existed on paper only.
Ralestone Luck
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This fictitious capital was partly based on roads which were never built, and existing on paper only.
Great Fortunes from Railroads
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This as yet unproven particle only exists on paper, the result of intense mathematical computations that describe its behaviour.
The Irish Times
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The agency mainly exists on paper and relies on fishing boats and tugs it borrows from the oil ministry.
The Guardian
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But before embarking troops they had to be found, and there were none, or rather they existed on paper only.
Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
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