These were not empty protections and the outcome was not a foregone conclusion.
Among other curiosities, this leads to the startling idea (which has been proved experimentally) that a vacuum is not empty space.
On the other hand, it is difficult to imagine that the Cypriots will not empty their accounts as soon as they get an opportunity.
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As she shook this one box which was not empty, so that the contents would settle and not spill when it was lifted, she noticed some loose sheets of writing paper lying face down.
The embargo may be a futile gesture, but it is not an empty gesture.
Out of the 486 posts it is expected to lose, the council said some 240 could be dealt with by not filling empty posts.
Instead, Idzik made a move with an eye on the franchise's future and not going empty-handed by letting Revis walk as a free agent next offseason.
Having decided not to empty the bins in the week before or after Christmas due to the weather, the Sefton bin men did arrive today to empty the bins.
While the Conservative Party had 2.5m members (as it did at its peak), the notion that the Church was the Tory party at prayer did not imply empty pews.
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"I said that my wish is that growth is not an empty phrase, that it is something which, in reality, is happening, " Hollande told reporters at a joint news conference with Merkel after the talks.
He tried to say the sum was just like a present for a close relative--"When a rich brother goes to visit a poorer brother, the rich brother should not go empty-handed, " he explained--but that excuse was utterly unconvincing.
We searched on for other popular apps, more often than not coming up empty-handed.
Disabled veterans do not need more empty promises showered upon them this Veterans Day.
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In 10 minutes there was not a single empty seat and crowds were standing in the side aisles.
Space is not just an empty void between point A and point B.
And yet, despite all these reservations, compassionate conservatism is not just an empty slogan aimed at making people feel warm and fuzzy.
Had Malskat not photographed the empty church walls before he started painting his murals, the evidence would have been suppressed by the very people who employed him.
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We can always count on iFixit to get down and dirty with its spudger and the latest tablet tech, and we're not going home empty handed today.
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Smashing apart a restaurant does not fill an empty stomach.
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Depending on the jurisdiction, criminal incitement is typically circumscribed by the requirement that the inciting speech be a real threat and not just an empty rant of a wild man.
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The former Bath man looked to have put a losing bonus point beyond the visitors with another penalty after Danny Paul was penalised at a ruck but Thomas's 79th minute kick ensured the Yorkshiremen did not leave Devon empty-handed.
But since it's now illegal to squat in residential properties, empty or not, squatters have turned to London's disused commercial buildings, many of which have been left empty long-term.
But I really want to focus on the half-full part of the glass tonight, not the half-empty.
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Sadly for Labour, this is an experimental proposition that cannot be tested: Mr Cameron inherited coffers that are empty, not full.
Some houses are already coming down and whole streets stand boarded up, but if you look more closely, not every house is empty.
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