But Rooney, despite having an empty lane outside him after Belgium's Jonathan Borlee pulled his hamstring in the warm-up, produced his fastest time since his sixth place at the 2008 Olympics and would not be denied.
Regional trade agreements are often easier to reach than global deals and hence demonstrably serve that purpose.The professor trashes APEC's open regionalism as an "empty phrase" despite its success in bringing the Uruguay Round to conclusion in 1993, eliminating global tariffs on over $500 billion of trade.
Week one, which was actually week two, started with Manolo Preciado's magnificent moustache, with broadcasters again locked out of the stadiums – although this time it was the radio, not the TV — with Jonathan de Guzmán yet again leading Mallorca, even as he fights to leave, and with Getafe playing in an empty stadium, despite their best efforts to drum up support.
The second visit, on a Thursday, was only marginally better, despite a nearly empty room.
SW, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd Despite a largely empty screen, the boxes in which these essential digits must be entered are so short that you can't view the whole number as you write it.
Washington had won Game 4 by 2-0 -- the second goal was an empty-netter -- despite getting outshot, 36-11.
Marlon Brando: moved us on the screen despite being an utter empty vessel in the world.
Despite the empty seats, there's a real buzz in the air, a genuine excitement all around the theatre before he arrives.
My email inbox is buzzing with new instructions and queries, my paper in-tray is overflowing despite being emptied an hour ago and my phone is ringing constantly as I'm covering for three part-time workers who don't do Fridays My senior managers chat about their holiday plans, the middle managers argue about football and the first line managers carry their workload.
