Sentence examples for absence of a future from inspiring English sources

No business wants to discount its calculations of the net present value of future income streams by the absence of a future.

Because, beyond the conditions of detention, it is the absence of a future, even the hope for one, that demoralises those in detention.

Proof of Proposition 3. In the absence of a futures market, the first-order condition for a farmer's decision problem reads E [ U ′ ( p ~ - c ′ ( q ) ) | s ] = 0. (23).

The point at which individuals become certain about both the absence of a positive future and the presence of a negative future leads to hopelessness about the future, and this leads to increased symptoms of depression (e.g. suicidality) [ 21, 67, 68].

However, Sargalska et al. (2011) showed that only certainty about the absence of a positive future (and not the presence of a negative future) predicts suicidal ideation, even after adjusting for hopelessness and symptoms of depression [ 69].

As Christine wrestles with the philosophical conundrums of her situation, I found myself recalling the final act from Steven Spielberg's much maligned sci-fi film A.I., in which a mother and child can only be reunited by the obliteration of a terrible past and the absence of a tangible future; a memory made real, for one day only.

Comparing false positive and false negative reporting rates for each specific screening test among the responders at the bivariate level, regardless of mode, there were no statistically significant differences by the presence or absence of a preceding future intention question.

Comparing false positive and false negative reporting rates for each specific screening test among the responders at the bivariate level, within mode (mail or telephone), there were no statistically significant differences by the presence or absence of a preceding future intention question (Table  2).

"Despite being unviable for several years we have supported the racecourse, but much needed investment, required to breathe new life into the racecourse, cannot be justified in the absence of a long-term future for the business".

This figure does not definitively demonstrate absence of a correlation, and future work could potentially identify in greater detail the spatial structure of induced wave spread and the relative contributions of thalamocortical vs. corticocortical drive.

Here's one more weirdness: the absence of a long-term futures market.