The first was that this absence gave her an unanticipated opportunity.

Their absence gave me the opportunity to taste the seedier side of life.

However, its absence thus far has given rise to many different theories to account for it.

Now the absence of a new rule book has given the other actors a chance to try to set the rules.

In an odd way, his absence gives the piece much of its vitality.

Maybe there's no place for both of us here, and his absence has given me the possibility to be present.

His absence gave her a secret ache of frustration and fear.

Their absence, which was more art than science, gives a sense of the President's problems.

The liberty which his absence had given was now become absolutely necessary.

The destruction, and the absence of dead bodies, would give them something to think about.