By-and-by came a decided external leading: a confidential subordinate partner died, and nobody seemed to the principal so well fitted to fill the severely felt vacancy as his young friend Bulstrode, if he would become confidential accountant.
Bulstrode, who were to have votes in the ratio of their contributions, the Board itself filling up any vacancy in its numbers, and no mob of small contributors being admitted to a share of government.
Strickland was a weird figure as he lay there, thinner than ever, with his ragged red beard and his eyes staring feverishly into vacancy; his illness seemed to have made them larger, and they had an unnatural brightness.
" The Colonel stared into vacancy, and I wondered whether anyone could be quite so innocent of guile as he looked.
" They had not proceeded very far on their way, however, when there was a pattering of feet behind them, and Toad caught them up and thrust a paw inside the elbow of each of them; still breathing short and staring into vacancy.
Allen, whose vacancy of mind and incapacity for thinking were such, that as she never talked a great deal, so she could never be entirely silent; and, therefore, while she sat at her work, if she lost her needle or broke her thread, if she heard a carriage in the street, or saw a speck upon her gown, she must observe it aloud, whether there were anyone at leisure to answer her or not.
" Tom lifted his lip and showed the vacancy.
""But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' sign on.
The beauty that I once assumed I would find in this state of vacancy never existed.
The college will fill a vacancy, help improve technical education in the plateau area and relieve the technical talent shortage in this Southwest China region, said Li Fuzhong, director of the department.
" "But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' sign on.
The beauty that I once assumed I would find in this state of vacancy never existed.
It's a temporary vacancy, but we're sad to report the successful applicant will only be paid in the form of monthly £25 vouchers to spend in-store.
Then researchers seeded cardiac muscle cells into the vacancy left by spinach cells and after five days the muscle cells started to beat.
Competition for these jobs in the third quarter of this year eased, with only 38 people applying for one vacancy, compared to the 45 and 48 applicants in the last two quarters respectively.
It starts with a tiny, atomic-sized imperfection known as a nitrogen vacancy center in your otherwise perfect diamond.
" "But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' sign on.
High vacancy rates can be a sign of a healthy economy—as a country grows, it begins to have more jobs to offer—and, of course, it takes time for jobs to be filled.
There is no definitive reason for the vacancy, but the most likely culprits are late-stage investors.
The good-night kisses might as well have been impressed upon vacancy, for all the response they got; the parents were not aware of the kisses, and the children had been gone an hour before their absence was noticed.
