Sentence examples for were vacant of from inspiring English sources

In total, 635,127 homes across the country were vacant, of which 216,050 had been empty for at least six months.

Holden says that in these cases the root nodules that normally house nitrogen-fixing bacteria were "were vacant of bacteria".

Or they can be vacant of meaning — simply perversely breathtaking to watch.

Overlay mechanism implies that, before setting an opportunistic transmission, the opportunistic system ensures that the target band is vacant of incumbent operation.

In 1985, when he was twelve, almost fifteen per cent of the homes in Grand Junction were vacant, because of the effects of Black Sunday.

Nineteen percent of urban teaching positions were vacant as of Oct. 1, compared with an average of less than 4.4percentt elsewhere in the state.

Fourteen percent of housing units were vacant, 26% of residents lived in multi-unit housing structures, and 48.8% of households paid 35% or more in gross rent as a percentage of household income.

The company predicts that about 4.8 million square feet will be vacant out of a total 33 million square feet expected to be available by the end of 1987 (14.5%).

Despite which, at the state level forty four (32.2%) of the 137 sanctioned positions under the IDSP were vacant as of January 2011 (Table  5).

Seats in the Las Vegas courtroom set aside for the public were vacant most of the time.

Due to soaring temperatures and a ban on umbrellas for security reasons, several seats were vacant, some of those invited having cancelled.