11.   The company cited poor performance and frequent absences.

12.   Croatian employment law does allow firing in the case of frequent absences.

13.   Frequent absences and tardiness also contributed.

14.   The paper said Dean Stipe Botica fired Novak, citing his frequent absences.

15.   He only recently recovered from a multiple heart bypass operation carried out in November which was meant to cure his heart disease and end frequent absences from work.

16.   He only recently recovered from a multiple heart bypass operation carried out in November which was meant to cure heart disease and frequent absences from work.

17.   Administrative problems were compounded by the frequent absences of the registrar, who spent roughly half of his time on official travel.

18.   This is because frequent absences are more disruptive to family life and the returning traveller finds it harder to resume a normal routine, they suggest.

19.   Yeltsin had been hoping to reassert his authority after more than a year of heart trouble and frequent absences from work.

20.   Yeltsin had been hoping to relaunch his presidency after more than a year which included three heart attacks and frequent absences from work.