Sentence examples for closed longer from inspiring English sources

Plants that build the subcompact Yaris and two small cars for the company's Scion brand are expected to be closed longer because they were closer to the epicenter.

But, the 74-year-old Capitol, headquarters of the governor and the State Legislature, may be closed longer as engineers and architects examine its cracked skull.

Two other schools, the High School for Leadership and Public Service and the High School of Economics and Finance, both on Trinity Place, are even closer to ground zero and will be closed longer.

Mr. Bush signed the airport security bill in a symbolic setting, Ronald Reagan National Airport, which because of its proximity to the White House and other national monuments stayed closed longer than any other airport after the Sept. 11 attacks.

If other stones are found to be in danger of falling, the section could be closed longer as each stone is secured.

(These were closed longer than large airports after Sept. 11 but have since reopened).

"Closed" no longer means the guards lock the doors immediately.

The stomata stay closed for longer, and less water is lost to the atmosphere.

Depending on the damage, the highway could be closed even longer, Mr. Nursick said on Friday afternoon.

Other suppliers might stay closed even longer because they are in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

But leaders of the Big Board and Nasdaq said their markets were ready to reopen, after being closed for longer than at any time since the Depression.