Thus, the trajectory of future MeHg concentrations in wild-fish stocks from the Pacific Ocean may be particularly dire in the absence of aggressive global cuts in anthropogenic mercury releases.
Dire predictions that the absence of border control agents would lead to 12-hour waits to get through immigration proved inaccurate, at least by midafternoon.
In another, titled "We Need More Nurses," Alexandra Robbins warns of dire consequences in the absence of a larger nursing workforce: "The more patients assigned to a nurse, the higher the patients' risk of death, infections, complications, falls, failure-to-rescue rates and readmission to the hospital — and the longer their hospital stay".
What worked in the past is good enough; in the absence of a dire threat, employees will keep doing what they've always done.
But I'd feel better if our partner was not the trigger-happy Netanyahu, who makes hysterical arguments even in the absence of a dire threat.
That's because the absence of any dire penalty — especially points against a license and car insurance surcharges — lowers public resistance to the spread of camera enforcement systems in general.
Nedved's absence had a dire effect on the Rangers' power play -- the most proficient in the National Hockey League this season -- as they were blanked on five man-advantage opportunities.
The current U.N. special rapporteur for North Korea, Marzuki Darusman, has described the humanitarian situation in North Korea as "dire" and has reported an "absence of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights" for the people of North Korea.
The priests were faced with a situation of dire poverty owing to the absence of Rives' patronage.
Tiger Woods finished 15th at the Hero World Challenge, 14 shots behind the winner, Hideki Matsuyama, and said afterwards there had been "some pretty dire times" during his 15-month injury absence.
Relative deprivation is primarily concerned not with dire poverty or ignorance but with the absence of opportunities to meet heightened expectations.
