Sentence examples for closed government from inspiring English sources

Closed government offices.

In Germany and Canada, the discovery of white powder closed government offices.

But that was partly a result of winter weather in many parts of the country that closed government offices and kept people from applying for benefits.

During this World Cup, when the team play, all schools are closed, government offices are closed, no one goes to work and the roads are empty.

Furious at the government's plan to reform the troubled state pension system, labor unions led thousands of protesters to the streets of Athens in a huge strike that froze buses, taxis and the subway, and also closed government agencies and newspaper offices.

The storm closed government offices and schools in New York City, and some residents took to sleds in Manhattan's Central Park.

Experts who attended closed government-sponsored meetings on the project said the fact that critics were allowed to voice concerns represented a significant change for China.

The government did partly shut down, after all, consigning thousands of workers to furloughs, closing government services and institutions and delaying pay for government contractors.

The shelter directors say they are willing to be subject to close government monitoring and are ready to adhere to government-required operating procedures.

The Treasury's institutional instincts, tuned to the act of opening and closing government spending sluices, leave little room for overhauling economic institutions, business policies or regulation.

Good Friday is not a federal holiday in the United States, but several states observe it as an official state holiday by closing government offices, courts and banks.