In the virtual absence of man, however, the environment slowly recovered.

The commission attributed the increase to the virtual absence of competition among cable operators.

The consequences of being cut or shot are serious here, too, given the virtual absence of medical care.

Somehow these few people get by, even in the virtual absence of regular jobs.

Working class areas of the large cities were notorious for the virtual absence of formal religious practice.

The commercial real estate industry is trapped in a depression marked by a virtual absence of lenders willing to take any risk.

It had taken me weeks to get used to Gateway's virtual absence of gravity.

Today, the virtual absence of blacks in baseball management proves that the attitude is not just historical.

Blondel looked around, noting for the first time the virtual absence of auto traffic.

A striking aspect is the virtual absence of roadside commercial development.