Sentence examples for a vacuum open from inspiring English sources

And in many countries, tenure rights are so nebulous that it is difficult to know who has the rights of access to forests, leaving a vacuum open to unbridled exploitation.

In many countries, tenure rights are so ill-defined that it is difficult to know who has the right of access to particular forests, which leaves a vacuum open to unbridled exploitation (Bengston 1994; Scarpa et al. 2000; McAlpine et al. 2006).

If they do, a vacuum opens up elsewhere.

"That moment in Argentina was an incredible time because a vacuum opened up," she says.

The result, his critics say, is that a vacuum opened up.

Don't let a communication vacuum open up.

A devout Christian, he said a moral vacuum opening up in Britain was allowing militant Islamists to flourish.

A security vacuum opened up and many long-repressed hardline Islamic groups appeared, some of whom armed themselves with weapons from Libya.

A power vacuum opened up on 22 February when police suddenly abandoned their posts around government buildings and Mr Yanukovych's palatial residence.

That meant that when El Bulli closed, last summer, a power vacuum opened up in the world in high-end gastronomy.

Many people fear that a vacuum could open up when the rebels leave, and that the Congolese Army could be even worse.