The argument that Parliament has become ineffectual must have a hollow ring to government ministers.
Granted, it was a hollow victory of sorts given the Knicks only played seven guys.
Secretary Panetta has said that they would be devastating and would create a hollow force.
Trying to learn a knot from a book has always been a hollow experience.
Its design uses a hollow, buoyant cylinder that extends down from the tower to about 100 metres underwater.
She didn't choose the highest point of the sloping property, as Schafer had been planning, but a hollow in the middle.
By this measure Kellogg was indeed the champion, but it was a hollow claim, because it was not necessarily related to profitability.
But tonight, as I prepare to step onstage, a hollow, little ice cube of doubt forms in the pit of my touchy stomach.
"Succession planning at most companies is a hollow exercise, " says David Larcker, an expert on the topic who teaches at Stanford University's business school.
But what if that, too, was a hollow promise, from a hypocrite who repented only after, who promised submission but really only wanted a reprieve?
He was in his bedroom at the Prairie Avenue mansion, home alone with his son and the hired help, when a hollow boom split the air.
It was a hollow victory for former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, who challenged the constitutionality of the law used to obtain one of his felony convictions.
Governor George W. Bush and his running mate, former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, have seized upon evidence that the Clinton-Gore team will bequeath a hollow military to the next administration.
The government may simply insist that 3D printer manufacturers install software that prevents printing of a hollow cylinder of a certain size, a firing pin, or a certain type of spring.
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But such policies offer a hollow promise of tobacco use reduction, tread on international laws and treaties, and set the EU on a slippery slope towards further restrictions on consumer information.
Dr Zettl and his colleagues constructed their memory cell by taking a particle of iron just a few billionths of a metre (nanometres) across and placing it inside a hollow carbon nanotube.
Did you know that filling a hollow "bye-bye" bone with treats such as beef jerky or cheese and giving it to your dog before you leave home can prevent so-called separation anxiety?
Mr Bingham invited television cameras into his church on Sunday morning to hear him preach that any march down the Garvaghy Road would be a hollow victory in the shadow of three coffins.
Because remembrance without resolve is a hollow gesture.
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Until there is a real way to quantify the emotional bond bloggers have to their audience, evaluating them through the current means available is just a hollow fix, and worse, a numbers game that is easily manipulated.
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Make a cut on the top of the bread from point to point, and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the bread is nicely browned and there is a hollow sound when the loaf is tapped on the bottom.
It looked to be entirely overgrown, but Sopheng knew a trail that wound through the vines, bushes and branches to a hollow under the tower itself, where I was surprised to find not only ancient inscriptions but also fresh incense and candles.
Blocking the wind with his torso, Henry strikes the third match and leans forward over the bowl of a hollow pine stump, half hugging the crude hearth in which he intends to boil their string of fish into a chowder.
It is true that this sixth film marks an improvement upon the last two efforts, whose combined soullessness was enough to induce paralysis, but Lucas remains wedded to a hollow, antiseptic vision of other worlds, coupled with a determination to draw the glummest possible performance from otherwise talented actors.
New figures to be published by UNESCO on Tuesday will show that birth and background -- where you come from and who you were born to -- matters far more in deciding your child's prospects than talent and merit, and that for millions of children educational opportunity is a hollow promise.
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The inquest also heard from Tommy's nanny, Anna Martin, who said they were waiting at traffic lights when she heard a "hollow noise" and a scream.
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