1.   An aspect of this story was the total absence of the Doctor from Episodes Three and Four.

2.   In the almost total absence of information there can be no interest in systematizing procedures in the manner of the Victoria Centre.

3.   In the total absence of black dancers, Covent Garden lags behind other ballet companies in the West.

4.   Jesse Jackson descended upon Hollywood to protest the almost total absence of black and minority nominees.

5.   Note particularly the total absence of adverbs.

6.   The survey is perhaps also significant for the total absence of any importance being placed on welfare law work.

7.   What has been striking over the past few weeks is the almost total absence of diplomacy.

8.   This may be due to different mutations within the APC gene causing variations from a total absence of gene product through to protein only partially reduced in function.

9.   And as the filmmakers question the hijras who work as prostitutes about what precautions they take, their answers reveal a total absence of AIDS education.

10.   I think it reflects a total absence of a strategy, and it is resulting in Israel making the most dangerous peace of all.