Sentence examples for act to close from inspiring English sources

As water rises, hydrostatic forces act to close a lily's petals, preventing water from flooding in.

They act to close the toes (hence to grasp a perch).

We are using a power under our 2012 Welfare Reform Act to close this.

That's why it seems Obama has lost his will to act to close the prison.

Elizabeth Denham, the information commissioner, said this week that parliament should act to close them.

Second, the CQC must justify its failure to act to close the home when concerns did become apparent.

Contraction of its fibers acts to close the lumen, compressing it against the cricoid cartilage.

When there were similar revelations about NHS units in Cornwall in 2004, the government acted to close them down.

Regulators at the National Association of Securities Dealers have acted to close a large loophole often used by brokerage firms to put off paying money awarded to investors.

He said the government had "excluded more preachers of hate from this country than ever before" since it took power in 2010, and had acted to close militant Web sites featuring 5,700 "items of terrorist material".

That suggests tacit collusion by some regulators, possibly even those sitting on the FSF.Against this backdrop of scepticism, the FSF has acted to close many of the loopholes banks had exploited.