The London theatres are closed by the plague.
When they are closed by the authorities, people's lives are turned upside down.
The phones open at 8 a.m.; the books are closed by about 8 10.
The jaws of this device are closed by heavy arms, which are actuated by a strong spring and lead weight.
If the voting does not occur before Afghanistan's mountain passes are closed by snow in late fall, it will be extremely difficult to hold a vote until 2015.
The weirs are opened by removing timbers in them with mobile electric cranes mounted on a narrow-gauge track and are closed by reversing the process.
Schools, colleges and most shops in Kashmir are closed by government order, and people have been asked to stay inside their homes.
The rogue businessman Jay Gatsby, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is seen wearing shirts whose collars are closed by a tie pin.
Dry dock entrances are closed by gates of different designs, of which the sliding caisson and the flap gate, or box gate, are perhaps the most popular.
In winter, the high passes are closed by snow and Andermatt becomes an Alpine backwater, the sleepiest and most traditional of Swiss villages and, for the time being at least, the perfect ski resort.
The lids are closed by hand, the labels (designed at home) stuck on by hand and the finished pots packed by hand, before being sent off to delis, farms shops and National Trust tea rooms in East Anglia.
