def METHOD_NAME(self, id):
    cursor = self.cnx.cursor()
    stmt = "SELECT count(*) FROM sentences WHERE id='{0}';".format(
        self.parsed.old_id)
    cursor.execute(stmt)
    # Treat as a loop, even though there should be only one iteration.
    for count in cursor:
        if count > 0:
            return True
        else:
            return False