The argument that Parliament has become ineffectual must have a hollow ring to government ministers.
But despite the hollow words of his government, he has ignored that opportunity.
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Shadow health spokesman Simon Burns accused the government of "hollow spin".
Conversely, more bitter wrangling by U.S. government officials and a mostly hollow agreement on taxing and spending measures could see fresh safe-haven investment demand for gold, and to a lesser degree silver.
After all, shariah is a seditious ideology and totalitarian program explicitly designed to hollow out, and ultimately to destroy, representative government and the civil liberties that are enshrined in our Constitution.
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In these circumstances, the government's threat to hold an election looks hollow.
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Considering Greg Clark just announced the ending of all government funding to planning aid, his words ring very hollow when he said that he wants "real opportunities for people to have a say".
But, to many in the industry, such words have a hollow ring (and are interpreted mainly as a way of demonstrating that the government's pursuit of Yukos is not wholly political).
The result is that historians in most Arab countries are more like the court chroniclers of long-dead dynasties, and the hollow or distorted history they write and teach reflects the difference between intellectual and government employee.
"President Ouattara's expressed support for impartial justice rings hollow without more concrete action to bring justice for victims of crimes committed by pro-government forces, " said HRW's Param-Preet Singh.
The government may simply insist that 3D printer manufacturers install software that prevents printing of a hollow cylinder of a certain size, a firing pin, or a certain type of spring.
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The government's earlier claim that the Tigers had called their ceasefire out of military weakness is looking increasingly hollow.
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