An absence of receptors should therefore be a good thing, because it closes off a shortcut to infection.
Secretary of State John Kerry was correct in saying that the agreement is important because it closes off all pathways to such a bomb.
And, finally, formation of a complete plasma membrane would have been advantageous because it closed-off the ER from environmental challenges, such as pathogenic bacteria or viruses, and enabled the complete control of protein modification during secretion.
But it has lagged far behind the West, partly because it was long closed off from Western technology, and partly because its economy is in tatters.
The whole country, because it had been closed off to the rest of the world, it was like a blank slate.
Brown said Slepe was not well known or on the beaten path because it had been closed off to the public for many years.
A null result would be just as profound, because it would close off any possibility of a natural-strength coupling between standard-model fields and the new light degrees of freedom that such theories generically predict (e.g., dilatons, moduli, quintessence).
But when the government does not give a shit about the British steel industry, it is unlikely to change course on tax because a road had to be closed off for a few hours.
The two sites in Newport closed off because of suspicious items have now been re-opened.
For example, what water is safe to drink and what street needs to be closed off because buildings are in danger of collapse.
A : It's fine, said Michael L. Herndon, a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration, because NOAA has closed off the affected areas to fishermen.
