Sentence examples for a cordon around the from inspiring English sources

Police have since placed a cordon around the animal's lifeless body.

They took up positions to form a cordon around the restaurant.

The police formed a cordon around the march and followed in four blue and white buses.

Around 150 police officers have already put up barricades and formed a cordon around the plaza.

The army threw a cordon around the centre, which was most dramatically affected.

I could see other troops setting up a cordon around the perimeter of the settlement.

He said the forces would probably be used only in the event of a terrorist attack, to throw up a cordon around and then evacuate the American athletes, as well as American dignitaries, who are expected to include President Bush's twin daughters and his father, the former president.

While this was going on, the 1st Parachute Brigade was establishing a cordon around Acre and the surrounding area but no further escapees were caught.

Dump trucks formed a cordon around City Hall in Baltimore.

"Firefighters placed a cordon around it and gave safety advice.

There was a security cordon around the cemetery, where a high-level government delegation including the mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, stood on a stage draped in red and black and addressed a small crowd through loudspeakers.