Sentence examples for closing the area from inspiring English sources

The first half of the evening was an uninterrupted performance of the song cycle illustrated with clips of a long-lashed eye (presumably Mr. Wainwright's) ringed in black makeup, slowly opening and closing, the area of shadow suggesting a thumbprint.

But keeping those people away and maintaining some decorum should not come at the cost of closing the area off to those who want to observe the wreckage quietly.

That suggested that partially closing the area gave fish a chance to grow bigger, one of the benefits marine biologists have suggested for totally banning fishing.

Last year, Tong announced that he was establishing a marine preserve the size of California in his country's waters, and closing the area to fishermen.

When I was here in 2007, there was talk about closing the area and pushing the residents out so developers could fill in the lake and build on the land.

Security arrangements will essentially close the area around Madison Square Garden to the public.

Safety issues, rats, garbage and overgrown weeds prompted the School Construction Authority to close the area in spring 1999.

Although the park was briefly closed, the area around the towers was unaffected; a restoration programme is now under way.

The police said thousands of young people were still waiting to get into the festival when officers closed the area.

The original plan was to close the area for everything but official Olympic uses on Feb. 1.

The blast brought firefighters, police officers and ambulances to the site on the south bank of the Thames River, and the police closed the area around the headquarters.