Example sentences of "be closed by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All streets going from Valga ( Estonia ) to Valka ( Latvia ) are closed by a 6ft fence and inhabitants have to show a pass at the three border posts in the city centre . |
| 2 | Had it been closed by the authorities ( I used that word , not ‘ the malais ’ ) ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In operation it is similar to the normal type of tap : the water flows up through an orifice which can be closed by a jumper with a washer screwed down on to it . |
| 6 | The most dangerous clause in the draft is on self-provision for museums , under which any museum can be closed by the authorities if it can not finance itself . |
| 7 | Television came in the wake of other consumer durables : a vacuum cleaner and a boiler for the washing — once used to cook a lobster my father has brought back from the Highlands where he 's been on a spell of painting stations that will be closed by the Beeching plan a decade later . |
| 8 | If that fails it will be the first village school to be closed by the county council in the last five years . |
| 9 | The plant , in Runcorn in northwest England , will be closed by the end of 1993 . |
| 10 | Pluto and Dido will be closed by the end of March . |
| 11 | Penelope thought it wiser not to point out that the Stores would certainly be closed by the time she got there , but felt she had done enough in showing her which bus to take . |
| 12 | ‘ The gates of the city will be closed by the time we arrive , and wo n't be opened until morning . |
| 13 | A unique laboratory , which offers special advice about plant diseases to farmers is being closed by the Government . |
| 14 | TWO residential homes which for many years have cared for young people and the elderly are being closed by the Salvation Army . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Part of the inflationary gap was closed by the success of Bevin in getting the trade unions to follow a voluntary pay policy . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The depot was closed by the police in the interests of public safety . |