11.   What the saloon bar lacked in creature comforts it made up for by the complete absence of journos.

12.   A complete absence of national border controls is as utopian today as the vision of world government.

13.   Zero on an absolute scale of measurement indicates the complete absence of the quantity being measured.

14.   This was most clearly seen in the complete absence of any concept of the personal security and inviolability of the diplomats accredited to the sultan.

15.   In Britain there were occasional complaints about the complete absence of any sort of organised training for diplomats.

16.   The only big difference with today, is that all the men are wearing hats and the complete absence of women in the pub.

17.   Except for a gold incisor staring out from his near-constant smile, there is a complete absence of rock-star attitude.

18.   Fagliano said there was no known biological difference between male and female embryos to explain the complete absence of male babies with cancer.

19.   If not for the complete absence of animal noises and smells, this might look like any typical modern circus.

20.   It can result in facial duplication, heart abnor- malities and duplication or complete absence of a brain.