The phrase "absence of alternative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where no other options or choices are available.
Example: "In the absence of alternative solutions, we must proceed with the current plan."
Alternatives: "lack of options" or "no other choices available".
Some local caravans still survive in the absence of alternative transport, and certain others because of some particular appeal or advantage.
"That very absence of alternative opinion made you think that only a few people know what is right for the country," she wrote in an open letter to Mr. Saakashvili, printed Friday in the local newspaper Rezonansi.
In the absence of alternative ideas, Cameron told the dinner he would not take the proposal to freeze in-work benefits for EU citizens in the UK off the table.
"It's the absence of alternative productions that reflect the diversity and aspirations of the majority (more than 99%) who are NOT involved in thuggery despite having to struggle to make ends meet".
Free speech and witch hunts The black and blue stuff Vicious triangle Delayed reaction Reprints Related items Laos: Unintended consequencesApr 29th 2004The Laotian government long tolerated opium cultivation, in the absence of alternative livelihoods.
The paternalistic authority of church and monarch was carried from the Old to the New World, where it perhaps became even more pervasive because of the initial absence of alternative institutional developments.
In fact, many at Saturday's rally said they were willing to continue to back him — if only in the absence of alternatives.
EM Abdul Rahman, chairman of The Popular Front of India, a confederation of minority groups, said that the election results reflected people's hopes as vested in the Congress due to the absence of alternatives.
IN the absence of alternatives, there may be no more important project under way in New York right now than David Childs's restoration of Lever House, the International Style skyscraper on Park Avenue at 54th Street.
