31.   Department stores that were virtually empty for years are doing so much better that they are opening branches across the country.

32.   Half of the computing floor at the Metropolis Center has been left empty for expansion.

33.   However, the glass was half empty for Eamonn Dornan, the legislative director of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, a nonprofit group in Queens that helps immigrants.

34.   In Buffalo and in Winnipeg, entire sections stand empty for some games.

35.   Indeed, by the time Hopper came along, the place had been empty for quite a while.

36.   Instead, the lot sat empty for a decade.

37.   It was acquired in foreclosure by a bank and sat empty for about six years until it was bought by Reckson last year.

38.   Madison Square Garden was more than half empty for the victories over Villanova and Rutgers this week.

39.   My pink cake carrier may stay empty for all the years I own it.

40.   No sooner had Phillips played down a move to get Piazza, than Shea Stadium turned up basically empty for three straight dates with the uninteresting Reds.