11.   In effect, bin Laden and his associates had abandoned the camps, leaving them vacant for the United States to bomb.

12.   It has been vacant for many years.

13.   It had been vacant for years.

14.   It hired Boston Beer Co. Chief Financial Officer Alfred Rossow to fill the CFO slot at K-J, which had been vacant for three years.

15.   Kmart sites are not likely to remain vacant for long, real estate industry experts said.

16.   Officials had not determined Thursday night what caused the collapse of the building, which had been vacant for years.

17.   One Republican seat at the FCC has been vacant for more than a year since the departure of Andrew Barrett.

18.   Others like Rockland Breakwater Light, perched at the end of a mile-long granite breakwater, have been vacant for years.

19.   Owning a home that sits vacant for most of the year does present problems.

20.   Perhaps the crucial fact according to all the territorial laws of politics is that the Republican leadership is not keeping an office vacant for Dornan pending his challenge.