Sentence examples for closing of shops from inspiring English sources

They chafe at the closing of shops during each of the day's five prayers.

The edict, which takes effect on Saturday, also orders the closing of shops and tea houses in the town, 124 miles northeast of the capital, during prayer time.

It could be seen all around us in the closing of shops selling and renting DVDs, the replacement of traditional film by digital technology, the old-fashioned projectionists going the way of saddlers, the demise of the UK Film Council.

He said a more realistic act of solidarity was a call for a general strike on June 25 that resulted in the closing of shops and businesses in some parts of Iranian Kurdistan.

The encounter came after the protesters — who have largely discarded their trademark red shirts — made a rare foray from their camps in the center of Bangkok, where they have forced the closing of shopping malls and major hotels.

Protest leaders said they were planning for even larger crowds to gather Friday in Bangkok's central commercial district, where they have forced the closing of shopping malls, hotels and banks since Saturday.

Last year Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons closed dozens of shops.

Since then, Starbucks has changed considerably, and while it is now being forced to close hundreds of shops, the company performed one critical task: It taught people that good coffee came at a price.

A general strike that closed scores of shops, businesses and public institutions from midnight Sunday until Monday afternoon.

Mr. Karzai also ordered the closing of opium shops.

From the outside Marvel is buffeted by big-picture publishing crises: the closing of comics shops and bookstores, a downturn in sales lingering through the recession and the increasing threat of digital piracy.