Example sentences of "be closed [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , because er , the books are closed at the end of this month which is , you know , you 've got to give the auditors time to get the hall done before the A G M.
2 Some of the paths are closed during the shooting season but there is a right of way between the Torridon pass and Achnashellach , and it is a delight to follow .
3 This book has been written from the US Army 's court-martial records , something which would not have been possible in this country , where such records are closed to the public for 100 years .
4 Still family-owned , most are closed to the public — so these photographs and vivid word profiles are all the more valuable .
5 Parts of the moorland — some would say too many — are used as military training areas and are closed to the public at certain times .
6 The three types of systems which are distinguished are isolated systems which have boundaries which are closed to the import and export of both mass and energy ; open systems where there is exchange of both matter and energy between the system and its environment , such as clouds ; and closed systems in which there is no exchange of matter between the system and its environment though there is in general an exchange of energy .
7 Some churches are closed against the will of local people to fit in with diocesan pastoral plans .
8 They are closed in the sense that the black child is cut off from the black community and all interaction takes place within a white social structure .
9 Vietnam and China officially re-opened on April 1 the Friendship Pass border crossing between China 's Guangxi and Vietnam 's Lang Son provinces , which had been closed since the border war in 1979 .
10 The European Parliament voted by a large majority in January 1990 to freeze scientific co-operation between EC countries and Israel until universities on the West Bank , which had been closed since the beginning of the uprising , were reopened .
11 The museum has been closed since the robbery .
12 All I knew was that North Yemen was on the south western coast of the Arabian peninsula , that the language was Arabic and that the country had been closed to the West until 1962 when a revolution overthrew the ruling Imamate .
13 Chief Superintendent Wycliffe 's driver pulled into the car park , which had been closed to the public , and joined a line of police vehicles .
14 There were no non-sick ( workhouse ) beds at the Bedford Institution ; they had been closed at the beginning of the war .
15 What is the future of Hanley Pottery and the other factories which have been closed during the year ?
16 Richborough Castle had been closed for the day by the Department of the Environment .
17 One of them was detonated on Aug. 14 about 50 km north of the city of León ; the line had already been closed by the railway authorities .
18 Yesterday the Torbay coroner said 14 out of 32 suicides this year had recently been released from the unit , which he has criticised on several occasions since it replaced more secure psychiatric hospitals that have been closed by the area health authority .
19 The last of the mines had been closed around the time of Tace 's birth and the entrances to the shafts had been closed or blocked by rockfalls .
20 and you all know the register is closed before Christmas , after February we close , the register will be closed at the end of February , no more new members then unless they live on the estate , we have to do that for the Christmas party , okay ?
21 Please note , the bothy will be closed during the stag stalking season and the goodwill of the estate is essential for this welcome project .
22 The Society Office at Epsom will be closed during the week 18th–22nd August when Hilda will be on holiday .
23 The Society Office at Epsom will be closed during the week 18th–22nd August when Hilda will be on holiday .
24 HOLIDAY CLOSURE The Office will be closed during the week 9 – 13 October while is away and re-open on 16th Oct .
25 The Vicarage drive and Church forecourt will be closed to the public as a through way between Wytham Street and Vicarage Road on Monday , 27 August , 1990 ( Bank Holiday Monday ) .
26 October 1987 , also inflicted extensive damage to the gardens — which had to be closed to the public until rendered safe — and a great number of trees were felled .
27 The Women Artists Slide Library will be closed to the public from Wednesday 23 December until Tuesday 5 January 1993 .
28 French forestry officials argue that only 100,000 cubic metres of timber are felled each year , but agree that roads opened up by loggers should be closed to the public .
29 THE towpath on the river Weaver is to be closed to the public for a fortnight because of British Waterways repairs .
30 Offices and job centres will also be closed for the weekend . ’
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