Sentences with phrase «hollow victory since»
In return they received a pledge that the UK would not join the euro over the course of the next Parliament (which is an entirely hollow victory since there was no chance that any party would have pushed for euro entry in the next Parliament).
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/ Not exact matches
(Even DC's brave roll - back of their prices to a more inviting $ 2.99 doesn't change that fact, and since most of the savings seem to have been cut not from printing pages, but from paying creators to generate original pages, as every DC issue out this month has the same filler promo material in the back, the victory of «holding the line» feels a bit hollow to this DC fan.)
The victory was a bit hollow, since it only affected Samsung's German division... and didn't prohibit retailers from ordering tablets from Samsung's other units.
«Since his win at Quail Hollow in the US last year and indeed his victory in the Dubai Desert Classic in 2009, he has continued to impress and inspire golf enthusiasts around the world and we are immensely proud that he carries the Jumeirah brand.»
Deep Blue won its matcvh with Kasparov but the victory was hollow since it was easily apparent that Kaspaparov lost because of human fatigue.