The religion was animistic, with a marked absence of elaborate myth or ritual.

In all of it, there was a marked absence of anything actually written by Billy.

There was also a marked absence of telephones.

Research on the early history of the wheelbarrow is made difficult by the marked absence of a common terminology.

However, in the marked absence of a waste product, any reaction can be 0.2eV stronger than the listed redox numbers would indicate.

The work is divided into four books, which exhibit a marked absence of systematic exposition.

There was for the most part, however, a marked absence of overt hostility to the West in the initial reaction to the American air attack.

Another thing, which at first puzzled me, was the marked absence of blood-stains.

There was, however, a marked absence of sympathy for the crew in question.

The entertainment group was down 30 percent, attributed to a marked absence of blockbuster films in the quarter.