Example sentences of "[noun sg] be closed [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the inflationary gap was closed by the success of Bevin in getting the trade unions to follow a voluntary pay policy . |
| 2 | The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum is closed for a year for repairs and for a reorganisation of the present installations . |
| 3 | The office run by Oxfordshire county council was closed to the public while police carried out forensic investigations . |
| 4 | Although the stock exchange was closed for the day as a result of the explosion , trading was largely uninterrupted since the central computer system remained undamaged . |
| 5 | On Aug. 11 the Shenzhen stock exchange was closed for the afternoon after " A " shares — reserved for Chinese investors — fell by 17 points . |
| 6 | ‘ The place is closed for the Christmas holidays and the RSPCA takes care of the livestock until January . |
| 7 | One end of a tube is closed with an animal membrane and the tube filled with sugar solution . |
| 8 | The shop was closed for the lunch hour . |
| 9 | The library was closed for a while and Mr Slipper , the Headmaster and Mr Crangle had a private viewing of the Bookman . |
| 10 | The X-ray and casualty departments on the ground floor were closed during the height of the storm on Thursday evening . |
| 11 | The king 's body , together with a number of priceless gold and bejewelled kerises attached to the scarlet wrappings , was handed into the grotto , but just as the carved wooden cover was about to be hammered into place behind it , Lorne announced that it was imperative to film the door being closed from the inside . |
| 12 | Once installed , he wrote , it will start to do its work , and it will go on doing it , in the day-time , in the night-time , in the midst of visitors and in the empty silence , when the mausoleum is open to the public and when the mausoleum is closed to the public . |
| 13 | The door was closed at the time . |
| 14 | As Frau Nordern went into the office a babble of voices rose behind her , still audible , although muted , as the door was closed by the man with the cigar . |
| 15 | The depot was closed by the police in the interests of public safety . |
| 16 | The road was closed for a while because of a dangerous street light . |
| 17 | In Stenner v. Taff-Ely Borough Council ( The Independent , 25 May 1987 ) , the Court of Appeal held that a local authority which employed a gymnastics coach at its leisure centre was not liable to the plaintiff ( a friend of the coach ) , whom the coach had permitted to use the gym at a time when the leisure centre was closed to the public . |
| 18 | The West Green House and garden were closed to the public in April so that work could begin on a two-year restoration programme of the garden . |
| 19 | Some bureaux manage to staff a line while the bureau is open to the public , others can only offer telephone advice when the bureau is closed to the public . |
| 20 | ‘ The matter is closed for the moment , ’ he said . |
| 21 | The right hand is closed on the cloak , the broken left no doubt on a bird or a fruit . |
| 22 | ‘ The restaurant was closed for a week , with a total loss of power , but we improvised to keep the show on the road . ’ |
| 23 | Her gown , too , was black , and the high-necked bodice was closed with a mourning brooch . |
| 24 | ‘ I was going to bring you some flowers , ’ he said awkwardly , ‘ but the flower stall was closed at the station . ’ |
| 25 | Greenwich Park is closed to the public , but there is limited car parking around Blackheath . |
| 26 | In Jerusalem , though , there was a tradition that all places of entertainment were closed for the Sabbath . |
| 27 | In fact , the snow was so heavy that the airport was closed for a time , briefly raising the hope that Professor Pollard would be stranded in Athens for several days ! |
| 28 | The tourist trade was practically non-existent and Reid 's Hotel was closed during the War . |
| 29 | The land was therefore made into a coach road , allowing farm labourers and market gardeners access to the fields , but during the reign of George I , this long-established route was closed by the Surveyor General and only a few privileged people were allowed to use it . |
| 30 | The gatehouse is closed on the king 's orders until the arrival of the coroner . ’ |