Sentence examples for the prospect of empty from inspiring English sources

But that plan is said to have crumbled as the proposed dates for the debates – and the prospect of "empty chairing" the prime minister – drew near.

Friday night's Olympics opening ceremony has not sold out, raising the prospect of empty seats when the London 2012 Games begins in front of an anticipated global TV audience of up to one billion people.

With retailers struggling, landlords are facing the prospect of empty stores in shopping centres, but Land Securities said it had managed to relet six out of seven Comet outlets and five out of six HMV shops.

Critics will say Ed Miliband has blinked first when faced with the prospect of emptying coffers and delayed his changes.

The prospect of an empty bank account is better than a broken leg.

Mr. Block has an emotional discussion about the prospect of an empty nest with his sister and her husband, who have experienced it (his brother-in-law advises heavy drinking), and with his father.

The wife is very maternal to her young visitor, and she began to realize the inappropriatness of her mission, though the prospect of returning empty-handed to her superiors cast a spell of desperation over the whole experience.

But the dire prospect of empty oceans, which was picked up by several prominent media outlets was apparently a news hook that one of the study's authors thought would garner attention as revealed by a leaked e-mail.

He faces deteriorating health, increasingly frightening lapses of memory, loneliness and the prospect of a bleak, empty future.

Mr. Lee was in China filming "Lust, Caution" when Mason made his debut in "Guys and Dolls," but he caught the next show, "Zanna, Don't!" The prospect of being an empty nester next year when Mason goes to college, Mr. Lee said, "is frightening — I don't want to think about it".

But the prospect of the avenue's empty property being used to help solve the housing crisis remains distant.