Sentence examples for empty labour from inspiring English sources

Hence too the problem with the otherwise convincing arguments about "empty labour" and "presenteeism" that have appeared recently.

After he put the mace down on an empty Labour bench, the deputy speaker, Sir Alan Haselhurst, responded by ordering him to leave immediately.

A Finnish study in 2010 found that the people who reported the most "empty labour" earned more than €80,000 ($112,000) a year while the runners-up earned less than €20,000.

Griffin, who currently serves as MEP for the North West, is the latest candidate to confirm his bid to enter the race for the seat left empty by Labour's Phil Woolas.

If you're going to be melting your brain and your destroying your health with a lifetime of empty, grey labour for somebody else, then why shouldn't be able to refresh your horizons by jetting off on an elaborate holiday once a month?

As far back as 1987, when I was Today's political producer, we empty-chaired Labour in a campaign debate on defence – to the fury of their leadership.

When asked, David Hockney said it would be best left empty, but New Labour abhorred a vacuum so it was filled with patronising rubbish.

Unite may be pumping Ashcroftesque millions into Labour's empty coffers, but Brown's election comes second.

George Osborne attacked Labour's "empty" budget today as the two main parties attempted to draw their political dividing lines ahead of the general election.

During labour, gastric emptying is slowed unpredictably and eating in labour increases residual gastric volume [ 35].

Progesterone reduces lower oesophageal sphincter tone, resulting in gastric reflux, and a delay in gastric emptying occurs during painful labour and after opioid administration.