Sentence examples for a wave of closures from inspiring English sources

It insists, however, that banks are not giving up on bricks and mortar altogether despite a wave of closures and job cuts in recent years.

The introduction of similar legislation in Ireland triggered a wave of closures of shops and online outlets, although few prosecutions have followed due to difficulties proving in Irish law whether a substance is psychoactive.

The news comes on the back of a wave of closures in Fife including Longannet power station and Velux.

In the 1990s the NHS announced a wave of closures.

It follows a wave of closures for other gay venues in an increasingly expensive and gentrified city.

In the past fifteen years there has been a wave of closures of small rural maternity services [ 1- 3].

No wonder experts are predicting a wave of factory closures to be announced next year.

A wave of store closures and job losses at Blacks and Past Times is expected to follow in the coming weeks.

In France only 3.4% of jobs lost in 2005 could be blamed on offshoring, though there has been a wave of factory closures more recently (see article).

And a wave of theatre closures would scare off foreign tourists, if they have not already lost patience with France after this week's train and taxi strikes.

China, after decades of growth, is being hit by the global economic downturn and the government is hypersensitive to any signs of social tension as it seeks to manage a wave of factory closures and job losses.