Sentence examples for had effectively shut from inspiring English sources

The station replaced an anti-Chávez channel that the government had effectively shut down.

By the early 1940s, World War II had effectively shut down the Paris fashion industry.

One NATO official in Afghanistan spoke in stark terms about the attack, saying it had "effectively shut down a key station".

The strike, at a plant in Foshan whose employees are more skilled than the workers at the lock factory, had effectively shut down Honda's assembly lines in China.

Police used teargas and non-lethal weapons to control Occupy Oakland protesters overnight after a general strike had effectively shut down the city's port and downtown areas.

The previous summer, the 18th Street Revolucionarios had effectively shut down most of the country's bus system, assassinating eight bus drivers and two civilians, and threatening to kill any drivers who went to work.

Farmers say the ambiguity has effectively shut down their sales.

The curfews called by the government to quell the demonstrations have effectively shut the city down.

The financing markets have effectively shut down for companies like ours".

Now, however, Dewey, which at its peak in 2007 employed 1,300 lawyers, has effectively shut down amid a partner exodus.

The irony is that in the wake of Tuesday's events, the Hollywood "dream factory" has effectively shut down.