Sentence examples for close ahead of from inspiring English sources

This affluent Portland suburb shut down its schools today for the summer, three weeks early, becoming the first of 84 Oregon school districts to close ahead of schedule this year for lack of money.

"If they don't win, Moores's job will be on the line but it would difficult to change a coach so close ahead of big series against New Zealand and Australia," Gooch told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek programme.

In Europe, the markets closed ahead of the House vote.

However, with four large coal stations closing ahead of next winter it is questionable whether existing measures will be enough".

Up and down the East Coast, offices are closing ahead of Hurricane Sandy, and millions of workers are preparing to pretend to work from home.

The news came as it reported a first half operating loss of £289m, down from £317m as the winter season closed ahead of expectations.

Don Dale was closed ahead of schedule after the incident, and all detainees were moved to a new prison centre at Holtze over the following week.

Wall Street was about 25 points lower by the time London closed, ahead of the latest US Federal Reserve statement on interest rates.

It actually closed ahead of schedule in March 2001, only to reopen after Sept. 11, when debris from the World Trade Center collapse was taken there.

On Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial Average had added 16 points by the time London closed, ahead of the Fed meeting.

Tom McCarthy's novel C remained the bookies' favourite to win the Man Booker prize as betting closed ahead of this evening's award ceremony.