Sentence examples for close to shut from inspiring English sources

As time passes, offices open to turn on computers and close to shut off computers, which causes the sudden steps on the curve.

Repeat this for any other apps that you also want to close to shut them down.

A month before the shootings, Charlie Hebdo was close to shutting down as sales had dipped below 30,000.

In 1992 its managers said the company was in such financial trouble that it was dangerously close to shutting down.

The constitutional court came close to shutting the AKP down in 2008 for alleged anti-secular activity.

The anti-abortion group Operation Rescue has told its supporters it is facing a "major financial crisis" and is close to shutting down unless emergency help arrives soon.

It's a good thing Ratmansky isn't superstitious, for as gorgeous as Bakst's designs may have been, the 1921 production came close to shutting Diaghilev's company down.

Mr. Lerer was one of the early investors in OMGPop, a New York company that was close to shutting down until it had an overnight hit in Draw Something, a twist on Pictionary for the iPhone.

Michigan, along with other states, is close to shutting down its Women, Infant and Children feeding program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, school lunches, and food stamps House leaders are still working on the details of their debt-ceiling proposal.

Meanwhile, a site that came perilously close to shutting its doors — the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport — has almost certainly found a reprieve through the Suffolk County Legislature, with a final vote scheduled to take place on Tuesday.

Simian lets the blog know about his ill health: "basically my liver is not reacting well to the drugs I'm taking; I'm approaching a point from the blood test results where my liver is close to shutting down.