Sentence examples for empty parliament from inspiring English sources

Hassan Kazen, a retired construction worker with a heavily lined face, sits on a tattered bench outside the gates of the empty parliament building.

The empty parliament, its courtyard still littered with builders' rubbish, is a concrete symbol of the failure of the peace deal.

In a nearly empty Parliament chamber on Wednesday night, with just minutes left before recess, Mr. Ahern announced his intention to dissolve the assembly, ending months of anticipation that had frustrated politicians eager to begin campaigning.

Negotiations began over whether the students would be allowed to march to the now-empty Parliament building.

As the new government was sworn in before a half-empty parliament yesterday, Mr Jaafari - a member of the majority Shia coalition - pledged to unite the country's rival ethnic factions and fight terrorism.

Cabinet posts remain empty because parliament rejected several candidates agreed only after months of wrangling.

But since June it has stood empty, as parliament has not passed the legislation necessary to create the agency.Without a stable government, Serbia will suffer.

I've just arrived in a very empty Scottish Parliament building - then again it's always pretty deserted on a Friday.

Yes, Canberra is still a sedate place that can feel half-empty when parliament is not sitting.

Murdoch's £11.2bn bid was sneaked out to the stock exchange late on Friday, with parliament empty and MPs on trains (if they could find one) to their constituencies.

"The political reality is that there was no way David Cameron could have returned from that summit and gone to the parliament empty-handed.