The emotional vacuum left in the wake of Greene's exit was considerable.

For there is a void at the heart of our public life in Britain, a vacuum left by 13 years of Conservative rule.

Supporters of the ordinance have argued that such legislation by local governments is necessary to fill the vacuum in policy left due to inaction from federal and state governments.

Because of these elements, "La Cage" way well fill the vacuum left when the revival of "42nd Street" closes next month.

The vacuum left may have been resettled then by some Frankish nobles with some more or less numerous retainers from their original core area.

The vacuum left in the Carolingian East was eventually filled by the family of Henry the Fowler, a cousin, and heralded the beginning of the Ottonian dynasty.

The vacuum thus created by the internment or redeployment of British, French, and German gunboats on the Yangtze left only the Americans available to "keep the peace."

Many younger blacks say they want to get involved to fill what they see as a vacuum left them by their elders.

We expect a lead from Westminster, not a vacuum left at Christmas or any other time of the year by a bunch of freeloaders.

The objective of enlargement is to fill the vacuum left when the socialist system was overturned in Europe, witness the cries of revenge heard in the Chamber today.