State media reported that Nasser's absence from the public view at that time was a result of influenza.

In the absence of a computerized border control system the identification process is conducted manually, which is time consuming.

While serving his time, Monteiro and some fellow inmates were concerned for the wellbeing of their families in their absence.

Faced with absence.

Her ability to ensure that the administrative infrastructure supports this growth has been hampered by the absence of a full time Deputy Executive Director.

For the first time, it had invited two States parties to submit long overdue reports within a specific time frame, indicating that it would consider the implementation of the Convention in the absence of a report.

Absence of State party submissions

During another absence of her brother, now King Philip II, from 1558 to 1561, Maria was again regent of Spain and returned to Madrid during that time.

Efficiency declined. But, more important, the absence of entry and exit by firms, a key ingredient of innovation, caused dynamism to suffer and losses to grow over time.

In most cases, the absence of a well laid plan can have adverse effects for example, a non robust project plan can cost the organization time and money.

Procedures in the absence of notification

My mother died during my absence.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Thus, an argument could be made that during this delicate time of transition, and in the complete absence of any indication of progress, the peace process might well benefit at least for the time being from stalemate, if not benign neglect.

Every time I see the pain in his eyes I realise that Sameera's absence from our lives is like losing my mother in the Syrian revolution all over again.

The concept of natural selection was originally developed in the absence of a valid theory of heredity at the time of Darwin's writing, nothing was known of modern genetics.

Each time the District Court dismissed the author as liquidator it did so in the author's absence, and allegedly refused to allow the submission of evidence to support his case.

We share the view that, while high levels of aid do not guarantee success, the absence or inadequacy of aid would make post conflict peacebuilding efforts a time wasting charade.

Alwar Balasubramaniam Art of substance and absence

The absence of disease is not health.

sickness absence prevention and support within companies.

reimbursement of salary for the time of maternity and extended maternity leave and for the employed parents' or person who adopted (adopter's ) absence from work for the purpose of child care,

OIOS observed that the absence of an ECA wide, real time, web based communications platform drastically impairs the subregional outreach of the subregional offices, thereby compromising the overall impact of ECA.

The news has been mixed during your absence.

Once that occurs, its absence dominates all else.

We worry about his guilt over her absence.

In the absence of an agenda, what do we do? I am sure delegations have had time to think about the question following our last informal consultations just over a week ago.

Article 103 of the Labour Code provides that a pregnant woman is entitled to take leave of absence and that this time off work may not be regarded as grounds for dismissal.

Uribe s absence has opened the election in unforeseen ways.

The absence of such knowledge invites trouble, often disaster.

Energy policy or its absence seems another clear example.

(In the absence of secretion, creatinine behaves like inulin.

After thirty years of absence, he finally returns home.

Its absence as a buyer contributed to the euro s decline.

In the absence of leaders no solution can be reached.

This condition usually occurs in the absence of a tumor.

Monetary coordination cannot succeed in the absence of fiscal harmonization.

They have also been advised that, should their reports not be submitted by the designated time, the Committee intends to proceed with consideration of the implementation of the Convention in the absence of a report.

Further, in view of the absence of staffing benchmarks to date, it is difficult to establish which procurement volume would justify full time specialist procurement staff in the field offices, and perhaps even at Headquarters.

Mr. Le Luong Minh (Viet Nam) said that the continued absence of equal treatment of the vertical and horizontal aspects of non proliferation would only delay the time when the world was free from nuclear weapons.

(c) in the absence of such a convention or special arrangement

Human rights cannot be realized in the absence of effective institutions.

Most troubling is the absence of open debate about these matters.

But the absence of a peace process could encourage its return.

This reflects the absence of adequate political institutions at the center.