How To Use Absence In A Sentence

‘In the absence of those assurances, we will have no choice but to ballot for industrial action,’ he said.
In the absence of actual selfie evidence, let me provide a few snapshots. Times, Sunday Times
No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.
In the absence of a clear express intent to abrogate rights and obligations - rights of the highest importance to the individual - those rights remain in force.
The boracic powder was lifted in my absence from the _Pharmacie_ to try and get the first glimmerings of a slide on that sticky creosoted floor. Fanny Goes to War

The criticisms of the law, and the absence of any satisfactory rationale justifies this course.
Statistical analysis for significant difference in the slope of mutant induction in the presence or absence of vanillin was performed using the f-test for comparison of slopes.
Sometimes he is also assisted by an adjunct who will later represent him during absences.
I found a refreshing absence of industrial sprawl.
Downsizing produced an increased risk of sickness absence, in line with earlier findings.
In the absence of networking, students need to submit work on floppy disks.
The absence of bowel sounds for a full 5 minutes strongly suggests the existence of intestinal atony or ileus, which has many causes.
It is characterized by the absence of the art of medicine and the art of judication. Ibn Bajja
Historians must, as usual, do what they can with the materials which lie to hand rather than bewail the absence of that which is missing.
The absence of a clear understanding about those root causes largely explains why several would-be peace agreements ended up dishonoured or discarded.
Its people are overburdened by religious riot, ethnic strife, corruption and the absence of social infrastructure.
That's what makes her absence now such a void. Christianity Today
Among the dainties was a live pig, which squeaking and grunting in anticipation of its fate, supplied to this orderly procession the absence of a musical band. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1
He killed further discussion with his absence.
Mrs. Johnson to go into the country with us, and she, after long reluctation on Hippy's account, consented, agreeing to send him away to friends during her absence. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)
The bestseller lists are full of books highly critical of religion, countered by pundits whose heated rhetoric decries a public square made “naked” by the absence of religion.2 Yet the fault line between those who are religious and those who are not hardly exhausts the ways in which religion can be divisive. American Grace
One must guard against the misinterpretation of this term impoverishment as compared with the state of affairs which would have developed in the absence of credit expansion and the boom. Is Something Better Than Nothing?
In the absence of a normal cellular immune response, bacterial proliferation may lead to infection.
Yet the tigers of the Chitwan Valley can be elusive in the absence of propitiation by Tharu priests.
There is something admirable about this - the absence of showmanship. Times, Sunday Times
Crossing the busy circle is a difficult task for pedestrians in the absence of a subway.
John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.
While, the absence of dialogues, the lack of colors and the intertitles recreate the look and feel of early mute films. No Fat Clips!!! : SIMON BURRILL – Mr. Theobald
For women, there was no clear relation between alcohol consumption and sickness absence.
The absence of alternation also has consequences for the governing elite.
In 1974, Lawrence Stone identified "the absence of charismatic leadership" during Edward VI's reign as one of the causes for political instability yet the behavior of Mary's household suggests that Catholics, in particular the Catholic dependents associated with Mary's household, had found in the princess householder a leader of sufficient thaumaturgical charisma that they were willing to risk death on her behalf. 95 From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
The judge pointed out that the absence of previous convictions did not of itself mean that a defendant was innocent anymore than the existence of previous convictions meant that a defendant was guilty.
This allegation has been denied by the club but in the absence of smoke without fire, it must be considered a possibility.
I am aweary of awaiting thine arrival; for indeed long hath been thine absence from the lover which longeth for thee. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
In the meantime, private-equity companies are being forced to sit tight, in the absence of any sales or acquisitions. Times, Sunday Times
One name conspicuous by its absence was that of Nigel Kneale, whom Whitaker contacted very early on.
Locale: Staging and dressing together constitute locale and their absence will render it "vague" or "vapid" -- though a writer might, of course, pare away the requisite details deliberately, in the same way they might pare away features distinguishing voice. Archive 2009-12-01
In the absence of either the ordinary or the parish priest, the law requires that two witnesses shall sign the sponsalia.
Guidelines from the Royal College of Pathologists allow mortuary technicians to dissect bodies and remove organs in the absence of the pathologist.
In love you have patience, kindness, the absence of jealousy, pride and boastfulness.
She had been in New York for the past few weeks and knew little of the scheming that was going on in her absence.
Thereby, in the absence of other myocyte structures as well as the absence of endogenous Cav1. 2, ectopic expression of BIN1 is sufficient to concentrate surface Cav1. 2. PLoS Biology: New Articles
But the presence or absence of their mother may make all the difference in determining which is which, according to new research published online yesterday in Nature Neuroscience. Mother’s Presence can Override Fear | Impact Lab
Since you, the parent is the baby's primary source of physical and emotional nourishment, your well being can contribute to the presence or absence of colic.
It was an enforced absence from work, but at least it gave me a little time to catch my breath before the final push.
In the absence of clear evidence that a spouse intends to sell or dispose of an asset or will be forced to do so, a court should not grant a deduction for notional sale or disposition costs.
A left nephrectomy was performed with the clinical diagnosis of a primary renal tumor due to the absence of any other masses in the extension study.
This may by some readers be attributed to the absence of that dashing _caricatura_ style and constant aiming at antitheses, which, if it relieve the vapidness of the story, does not add to its natural attractions. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 553, June 23, 1832
Faith is your guide in the absence of knowledge. Toba Beta
In a two-locus model, the gametic (and therefore genotypic) frequencies need not be constant across generations, even in the absence of selection, mutation, migration and drift, unlike in the one-locus case. Population Genetics
Not only will this serve to disenchant the employee, it may also result in him or her taking the time off anyway and phoning in sick or being on unauthorised absence.
There is just an absence of information. Times, Sunday Times
The attributes of a king are a mark of the absence of the attribute signified by the word omnipotent, (or, are _evidence_ of the absence of that attribute.) A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)
In the absence of a church, meetings were held in the home or in an outbuilding on a farm.
In the latter situation stress can build up in the absence of any form of physical release which could diffuse the situation. Healthy By Nature
Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great.
Universal jurisdiction entitles a state to prosecute an offence even in the absence of any connection based on nationality, territory, or the protective principle.
Clearly, the absence of cheque guarantee cards limited the value of the cheque book facility.
An ‘attractive absence of progress’, added to its more-or-less unpolluted environment, seem to be bringing the island an irresistible allure.
The problem here is that because of the absence of well-defined property rights, the issue is a distributional one.
In the absence of a time machine, biologists must resort to the indirect evidence provided by comparative studies. PLACEBO: The Belief Effect
But the FA claim his absence will not be a regular occurrence and insist this is just due to a prior business engagement. The Sun
We believe the absence of an internal ding-dong has been very helpful.
It helps management build a complete picture of various types of absence, and to identify potential abuses.
The relation between alcohol consumption and sickness absence will be reported elsewhere.
There is so marked an absence of carving that it seems as if ornamentation would have been weakening and trammelling. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1
This is love, she thought, isn't it? When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than you love his presence? Jonathan Safran Foer
According to the survey, bosses thought the most effective method of reducing absence was ‘return to work’ interviews, whereby a returning employee is quizzed about the illness.
No explanation for his absence was forthcoming.
In the absence of divine intervention, virgin birth for mammals is not an option.
But a spokesman denied his absence would jeopardise the smooth running of the general and county council elections.
The protesters sat silently near an empty chair meant to symbolize the absence of the professor.
What has been striking over the past few weeks is the almost total absence of diplomacy.
The old question about a small squad again reared its head – especially in the absence of Xavi and Villa. Sevilla get their season going ... all it took was to ditch the mother-in-law
The curious thing is the absence itself. Times, Sunday Times
This paper seeks to describe and explain observed grade differences in sickness absence.
The preceding section dealt with the validity of state regulation in the absence of federal regulation.
THE Halfords boss jailed in his absence for drinkdriving in a golf buggy will serve the 14-day term. The Sun
New TUC research smashes the myth that public servants are always on the lookout for an excuse to pull a 'sickie' and challenges claims that there are easy savings to be had from cracking down on absence in the public sector. Indymedia Ireland
So habituated has one become to feeling cooler in a draught that the absence of chill lends the night an unaccustomedness, the more weird in that it is unanalyzed, so that one feels definitely that one is in a strange, far country. African Camp Fires
The ostensible reason for his absence was illness, but everyone knew he'd gone to a football match.
And though that wasn't good for finding out how Tammy was doing, it did suggest the absence of their pursuer. COLDHEART CANYON
The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer.
Several other typical mesophytic forest species, both shade-intolerant and shade-tolerant, have declined, perhaps due to an absence of large-scale disturbance needed for their regeneration.
Sadly, decency has been replaced in great measure by coarseness hence the absence of remorse or contrition.
In particular, the absence of legal means for coffee shops to obtain cannabis has highlighted their association with organized crime. Amsterdam's cannabis-selling coffee shops face crackdown
Her absence from the country clearly rankles. Times, Sunday Times
An aspect of this story was the total absence of the Doctor from Episodes Three and Four.
In the absence of payment, amateur reviewers write overwhelmingly about topics they love.
Furthermore, there is a marked absence of peer pressure here, which would make itself palpably felt when such anti - social conduct occurs.
To understand the patterns of associations in the field we therefore need to measure the benefits and costs of myrmecophily both in the presence and in the absence of ants.
The absence of reference to a division of the southern province, therefore, is not altogether surprising.
It was an enforced absence from work, but at least it gave me a little time to catch my breath before the final push.
Any such lateral motions could contribute to the absence or thinness of distal marine tephra layers on submarine high points or steep slopes.
Whilst patellofemoral pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders presenting to orthopaedic clinics, sports clinics, and general practices, factors contributing to its development in the absence of a defined arthropathy, such as osteoarthritis (OA), are unclear. BioMed Central - Latest articles
The employee may well have some ideas about how his absence can be covered. Times, Sunday Times
Throughout his absence aides have insisted that the President is still in charge and that business goes on. Times, Sunday Times
The absence of pigment in the human sclera (the whites of the eyes) highlights the iris and thereby enhances the interpretation of eye movements.
TSX stand for tripple shock x bullet. a full copper bullet with a scall conical opening that allows for expansion in the absence of a lead core ... however I would NOT throw this in the same category as traditional hollow points, it is something compleetely different and one of themost solidly constructed bullets on the market. Can I use a 25-06 with 115 gr winchester silver balistic tip for Elk
Her motherlessness plays no small role in this; her obstinate self-sufficiency evidently compensates for her father's meekness and her mother's absence.
Nicoll and Arnold 6.244 describe an anencephalous fetus with absence of spinal marrow; and Smith also records the birth of an amyelitic fetus. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Today, in the absence of a real fans' favourite, Reyna may find himself handed an important role.
Humans were conspicuous by their absence. Times, Sunday Times
In the future, maybe status will be noted by the absence of these transmitters.
Forgiveness can never be demanded of victims and certainly not in the absence of admissions of wrongdoing.
Allow me to remind you that you are head of the family in your father's absence.
In the absence of any clear division between administrative and judicial functions, even the humblest official enjoyed arbitrary power.
Although this particular result may be due to the limited sampling of avian taxa, the presence of a deinonychosaurian key feature (a hyperextendible second toe) and the absence of two avian key features a triradiate palatine (3) and a fully reversed first toe in Archaeopteryx challenges the monophyly of Aves as currently recognized. New Archaeopteryx fossil provides further insight into bird, dinosaur evolution - The Panda's Thumb
Have been severely incapacitated by latest pregnancy symptoms so apologies for absence.
In the absence of symptoms, chronic bacterial prostatitis is sometimes discovered by the presence of bacteriuria.
The recent riots across Britain, whose origins many believe lie in an absence of either parental guidance or filial respect, seem to underline a profound difference between East and West.
In the absence of hard evidence and faced with an event which looked so much like the popcorn Armageddon of Hollywood's top imagineers, the public have been turning to esoteric sources for explanation and comfort.
In its absence China would retrogress into division and chaos, and modernization would become impossible.
In the absence of commitment from professional and organisational leaders, efforts will be fragmentary and uncoordinated and will have only minor effects.
But the absence has also spawned a reappraisal. Times, Sunday Times
she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover
It is one of the strangest anomalies of life that the absence of fear, and not formal education or brilliance of mind, is the major cause of individual success. Napoleon Hill
“Separation distress call in the human neonate in the absence of maternal body contact.” The Official Lamaze® Guide
Although scyphozoan sequences are lacking in the HOX1, HOX2, HOX9-14A and CDX groups (figure 1), these absences could be due to non exhaustive sampling from PCR surveys, a full genome sequence being currently lacking for this cnidarian lineage PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
People's priorities thus remain largely unarticulated in the absence of a decentralization process.
The offenders' liberty, in the absence of sentence remission, would actually be restricted for a longer period than if incarcerated.
Such an explanation does not account for the distinctive ontogeny of interpositum, or for the absence of the improbable shell form which associates very thin and dense ribbing with globose general shape.
For a person with very strong Internet relationships like me, you can imagine how many emails in my mailbox after two or three days of absence.
And in every case could it fairly and reasonably make such a finding of fact in the absence of direct evidence from the Investor?
His absence had regained for him much of that aureola of saintship which had been nearly abstracted during her reproachful mood on that miserable journey from London. A Pair of Blue Eyes
Real peace doesn't mean absence of war.
Pain ( "mastodynia") is an unreliable tool in determining the presence or absence of breast cancer, but may be indicative of other breast health issues. Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
In the absence of firm evidence and reliable facts, it is that line which tends to be followed.
The first is the cost of research and the need for profits to justify such costs; the second is the absence from virtual markets of the purely profit-based phenomenon of arbitrage.
On the way home from the gare, I decided to positiver: to not focus on my aunt and uncle's absence, rather to turn the lonely ride into a Sunday drive (opting for the scenic and free route nationale instead of the autoroute). Kindness of strangers
Taking just one example, intestacy laws (which provide for inheritance in the absence of a will) were designed to prevent escheat of property to the state and to give effect to what would most likely have been a deceased's wishes.
Such a legislative change per se cannot be unconstitutional in the absence of some further invalidity.
Voice over Colleagues from Tetbury Rugby were equally determined to win, despite Garry's absence.
No doubt the school will feel suitably chastened by her absence.
In particular it is not likely that the Legislature intended by these means to impose on the owners of vehicles an absolute obligation to have them roadworthy in all events even in the absence of negligence.
While ostensibly the pie plate would serve to prevent the derailleur from inadvertently and tragically wandering into the spokes like a Nü-Fred jumping into the Gimbels Ride, in the absence of any sort of rear mech "rear mech" is Yiddish for derailleur--the "ch" is guttural I can only assume the pie plate is vestigial. New Customs: Changing Language, Changing Bikes
His absence incommodes the whole team.
All virtue is contained in autonomy, all vice in its absence, and all morality is summarized in the imperatives that guide the will.
Abraham Sofaer, who chairs Gen-Probe's nominating and governance committee, cites what he describes as a communications mix-up that kept investors and ISS from receiving an explanation of Ms. Jemison's absences before the vote. Where the Action Is
The current absence of evidence from randomised trials should not be used as an excuse for neglecting basic care for patients with stroke.
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. John Dryden
Calculations of the social marginal costs and benefits of cutting back pollution tend to be conspicuous by their absence.
Friday night came and in the absence of a digital watch I synchronised my mobile phone clock.
Imperfect development or absence of this organ, or an inactive condition of it, produces in the child arrested growth and deficient mental development known as cretinism, and in the adult the same condition gives rise to mental deterioration, swelling of the skin, due to a greater content of water, and loss of hair. Disease and Its Causes
The absence of a World Series ring is the last, the only blemish on a career that has climbed from the exceptional to the unworldly.
Yes, the almost total absence of rural policing is a major problem in urgent need of a solution.
In the absence of steerage way, the yacht can't head up; the misplaced center of effort takes charge, and she yaws.
Salt water and absence wash away love.
The kidney was almost conspicuous by its absence, but the gravy was thick and full-flavoured.
Sometimes he is also assisted by an adjunct who will later represent him during absences.
Now, in the absence of any ferry, how was the kibitka to get from one bank to the other? Michael Strogoff
The absence of a cure often makes MS patients bitter toward their doctors. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
Q Joe, Howard Wolfson, who is the spokesman for Mrs. Clinton's exploratory committee, says, "she stands by her Saturday statement," which was that the FALN convicts '"absence of a response speaks volumes," and the commutation is a mistake. Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart
Yet, in the absence of the traditional ruling magnates to supervise border rule and defence, the region's precarious peace dissolved into feuds and reiving.
Once the delight and help of her husband, she is now the loathing of his soul and tempts him to absence and impurity.
He did note increased international impatience with what he termed the "absence" of a peace process. Obama: '67 borders reflect longstanding policy
In the absence of accurate accounting, political debate over some of the most momentous issues of the age is proceeding in an empirical vacuum, and has become much more confused and desultory than it needs to be.
In summary, our data show that the absence of PlGF strongly inhibits mucosal intestinal angiogenesis in acute colitis, which is associated with an early increase in intestinal epithelial hypoxia and aggravation of the course of the disease. Naturejobs - All Jobs
In the absence of inbreeding, the most extreme value of coancestry is achieved by male polygyny together with female philopatry.
I can't tell you how much I'd love to read a Welsh account of Boudica's sack of Rome; in its absence, this will do nicely, and the first line of the text gave me a thrill of recognition: "Amathaon uab Don a oed arglwyd ar y seith cantref Dyuet ... Languagehat.com
The acoustics of the Music Centre will be excellent, including high quality of sound in each studio, and high standards for silence and absence of intrusion.
The President's absence has given rise to speculation about his health.
But, in the absence of anyone more suitable, he transferred his attachment to the unlikely figure of yours truly.
Zero and fractions were interesting to examine for different reasons: zero because it is an abstract notion meaning absence, and fractions because they are technical computations derived from wholes.
This allowance was to be suspended during the absence from Oxford of any inferior bedel, whether occasioned by his own affairs or those of the University. The Customs of Old England
He excused his absence by saying that he was ill.
Sleeping by day was none the less a poor option, as they were persistent, and not easily convinced of your absence; your heart would race with every passing car or footstep.
That's what makes her absence now such a void. Christianity Today
What made the drama so compelling was its inexorability and its absence of hope, and a feelgood get-out clause would be lame and unrealistic. TV review: Public Enemies; The Fat Fighters; King George and Queen Mary: The Royals who Rescued the Monarchy
Or should I be regretting her absence and sparing a prayer for her? ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
But the absence of the traditional enemy didn't spoil the fun for assortment of enthusiasts including gunslingers, gamblers, and their womenfolk.
I think I could go a long time without boring myself, though I deeply regret the absence of fishes and shellfishes, beans, apples, mushrooms, olive oil, garlic, herbs, sugar, peppers and spices. Desert Island Potato Salad
The unity of the episcopacy is a source of great strength, while its absence wastes energies, frustrates efforts and gives room for the enemies of the Church to neutralise our witness. Spero News
In its absence China would retrogress into division and chaos, and modernization would become impossible.
But in the real world, you couldn’t really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other, with the child equally divided between. It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. It was what you couldn't see, those tiniest of pieces, that were lost in the severing, and their absence kept everything from being complete. Sarah Dessen
Yet it has not altered just-war theory or the rule of law - which in the absence of personal humility, or any doubts about right action, seem particularly useful guideposts.
That is, does your submission at least tend in the direction of contending that absence of motive can never be challenged on the basis that some criminal conduct is unreasoned and unreasonable?
The presence of cyanite, rutile-titanite, and garnets, and the absence of Lydian stone, and all fragmentary or arenaceous rocks, seem to characterise the formation we describe as primitive. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
The colon can be identified by its size and the absence of mucosal folds and villi; the inner surface is smooth.
A private individual is not normally liable in negligence for a mere omission in the absence of some special feature, such as a particular relationship with the claimant or an undertaking of responsibility (see paras 2.2.1 to 2.2.1.4).
More troublesome than the absence of sex ed is the presence of miseducation.
Part of France's botheration could be the absence of new adolescent aptitude.
The mother dedicated her time in Knock to walking around the church praying for an angel to watch over her daughter in her absence.
But in the real world, you couldn’t really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other, with the child equally divided between. It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. It was what you couldn't see, those tiniest of pieces, that were lost in the severing, and their absence kept everything from being complete. Sarah Dessen
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality. Edmund Burke
This structure of absence and intrusion corresponds to de Man's blend of quotation, paraphrase and commentary in Allegories of Reading.
In the absence of a polymer cushion, the aqueous film thickness was found to vary between a few angstroms and more than 4 nm.
The last includes both free-choice behavior in the apparent absence of biasing information, as done in restricted-choice ESP tests, and conation or striving as is done in PK tests.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver is defined as hepatic steatosis in the absence of alcohol use or another chronic liver disease.
Adrian will also deputise for Helen in her absence and will also lead on key major editorial projects, assigned by the Director of News.
But in the absence of any evidence, Thune took the high road and conceded the race.
The absence of the profit motive as an incentive to efficiency does not adequately distinguish public and private employees.
Even if the legislature must be able to discourage unjustified absences, it cannot penalise them by creating exceptions to the right to legal assistance.
The absence of chyle in the mesenteric lymphatics of the small intestine is a rather constant feature.
Marriage experts said marital problems were likely to be made acute by overdrinking during the holiday, and by absence of family members.
He assumed full charge of the firm in his father's absence.
‘He worked out a rental value for himself, disregarding the Unit 3 rent but deducing a rent level from the existence of unlet premises and the alleged absence of demand’.
He felt that everything had changed during his brief absence from school.
My friend and teacher, Mr. Lowes, after a temporary absence from Newcastle, had returned to it to undertake the editorship of the _Newcastle Journal_, a weekly Tory newspaper which was about to appear in a daily edition. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885
Certainly in Paris one sees very conspicuously the absence of the love of flowers; or, rather, one may say that for the subtle and inventive children of the Ile de France the flower is artificial, and what we call flowers are merely an insipid and subordinate variety, "natural flowers," having their market in a remote and deserted corner of the city, whereas in Barcelona the busiest and central part of the city is the Rambla de las Flores. Impressions and Comments

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