Sentence examples for has effectively closed from inspiring English sources

It has also been undergoing renovations, which has effectively closed it for the summer months.

The suit argues that by drawing up a plan in advance, the administration has effectively closed off debate on the space issue before the public can weigh in.

In Europe, the arrival of genetically modified (GM) foods in the 1990s triggered a public relations disaster that has effectively closed the industry down.

By agreeing a move to the rugby badlands of Catalonia, where the locals are even more boisterous than those who congregate in the Kingsholm Shed, Narraway, who has seven caps, has effectively closed himself off from Test rugby.

Portugal has effectively closed its Culture Ministry, institutions in the Netherlands have suffered funding cuts of up to 40 percent, and Italy and Greece are struggling more than ever with the endless task of preserving their priceless, abundant patrimony.

In other policy areas, Romney has effectively closed the gap with the president over Medicare and health care, and is just four points behind Obama on foreign policy having lagged by 15 points last month.

Some credit markets have effectively closed up shop.

Four consecutive days of successful picketing had effectively closed the plant.

Space and time have effectively closed around them, leaving no exit.

Protest leaders with loudspeakers exhorted several thousands to continue defending a shopping and business district they have effectively closed down.

The tales were exaggerated but not without foundation, for four or five bootleggers who had sizable operations there had effectively closed it off to the law.