Sentence examples for official absence from inspiring English sources

Once I was hired, my name was simply placed on a list of firemen available to fill shifts when a regular man wasn't available, owing to illness or other official absence.

As the International Tennis Federation president, which entitled him to a seat on the International Olympic Committee, he was the indomitable force in returning tennis to the Olympics, first as a demonstration sport in 1984 and then as a medal sport in 1988 after an official absence of 64 years.

Official absence statistics are silent on the causes of sick leave - but now File on 4 reveals new figures on the number of teachers off long-term because of stress.

Last week, there came early news of the official sickness absence review – commissioned by the prime minister back in February, and published today – which advocates eligibility for sick leave being decided by "independent assessors" rather than GPs.

The Taliban and Qaeda want to dramatically signal the chaos that lies ahead, and which will worsen -- we know -- once American soldiers finally depart; and the ISI wants to ensure that Pakistan will remain a force to reckon with in Afghanistan's future (hence its all-too-brutal counterpoint to the official Pakistani absence from the Bonn conference).

All the interviews took place in the officials' offices, except for one interview which was conducted on-line as a voice interview using the application Skype due to the official's absence from their duty station.

For city officials, the absence of snow is a balm.

While Mourning's health is the primary concern of the league's players, coaches and officials, his absence in the lineup will shift the balance of power in the East.

The delays are being blamed on late arrival of officials, the absence of polling materials in some constituencies, and some technical problems with a new biometric registration system.

Other union officials said absences are up at much as 300percentt at Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport and 10percentt at Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte airports.

Students on an official leave of absence are exempt from the continuous registration requirement.