Sentences with phrase «utter absence»

And here we might suspect that the spirit of Scrooge is conscious government policy, not merely the unpleasant inclinations of one of its Ministers, whose utter absence of human compassion has been in the news before.

The complete and utter absence of work life balance: whether it's a Tuesday or a Saturday, we're always working.

Thus, its surrendering any control over that other will be interpreted, by those who understand genuine power to be a form of coercion, as the utter absence or even the «death» of God.

While most presidential nominees can count on savage grilling in congressional hearings, the Griffin nomination was notable for its utter absence of hostility or even significant skepticism.

While Whedon's responsible for a lot of the film's problems — the lousy first act, the utter absence of character development, some of the least ambitious direction in motion picture history — some of the problems came with the project.

More than that, what absolutely baffled us was the utter absence of a Bluetooth hands - free rig for the Murano, either as standard or optional equipment.

Notable in its complete and utter absence is the Theatre suite of video and streaming features that Treyarch so proudly put into Black Ops II, a range of handy tools which let gamers quickly create videos of their gameplay as well as commentate on live games.

The main fault of Nexus though was the complete and utter absence of a broadband capable online versus mode.

This lack of variety is only underscored by the utter absence of additional modes, meaning you can (and very likely will) see every last thing the game has to offer in a single lazy afternoon.

Coupland sees many similarities between the early 1970s and now: «Mostly the utter absence of a dominant «ism» — as well as a sense of everything and nothing all happening at the same time.»

The cartoon, of course, also notes the utter absence of any discussion of population trends in the context of climate change.

The utter absence of an appropriate, proximate response tacitly concedes the legitimacy of this utter craziness.

On the one hand, she has gotten it done throughout her life — often in the face of an utter absence of love and support from her important caretaker (s).