Such a step will fill a major void in this area.

The death of President Yasser Arafat left a great vacuum.

The departure of the military component's medical unit will also be acutely felt.

There are 20 gaps where new particles should be, two of which have been filled by the Pati Salam particles.

Right? And immediately, he got into trouble with the local clergy who said, you can't make a vacuum.

The erosion of consensus may create a vacuum that will be dangerous for peace and stability, especially in regions of tension.

We believe any delay in drafting and ratifying the constitution could provide a vacuum that anti democratic forces could exploit.

Intergalactic space takes up most of the volume of the Universe, but even galaxies and star systems consist almost entirely of empty space.

That measure has allayed the fears of Sierra Leoneans that UNAMSIL's departure would create a security vacuum and would mark the end of programmes associated with the Mission.

On merit, some of the obvious candidates for the Fund job, such as Brazilian Arminio Fraga, and Egyptian born Mohamed El Erian, are not European.

This situation resembles the 1930 s a decade when, as the economic historian Charles P. Kindleberger argued, a leadership vacuum led to the under production of global public goods, deepening the Great Depression.

The view was expressed that there should be a specific definition of electronic signature in the draft instrument, and a view was expressed that, otherwise, States that did not have national law on this topic could have a legal vacuum.