Sentence examples for has virtually shut from inspiring English sources

The walkout has virtually shut down South Korea's two major commercial banks, Kookmin and the Housing and Commercial Bank.

Add to that, the damage to economy: Queensland's coal industry has virtually shut down, costing millions in deferred exports and sending global prices higher.

It was the first act of Palestinian civil disobedience against the military occupation that has virtually shut down life in the West Bank for more than a month.

Still trying to figure out whether you can get to Europe this weekend in spite of all the chaos caused by the cloud of volcanic ash that has virtually shut down air traffic there?

The pro-gun lobby, backed by tens of millions of dollars for political candidates, has virtually shut down meaningful discussion of firearms control.

But by 1996 the Israelis had virtually shut out Palestinian labor.

Acting through the courts, they have virtually shut down the pro-reform press.

On many visits to Cambridge he spoke freely to them of his troubles with Franklin who, he felt, had virtually shut him out of his own subject.

But that divergence was an indication not of varying investor perceptions but of the fact that the Nasdaq market had virtually shut down the day before, as market makers did not answer their telephones and the reported prices of many Nasdaq stocks, while down sharply, were well above where they would have traded in the panic of that day.

To be fair though, both the defense and the secondary have been better of late, having virtually shut down a potent Utah offense and dominated Colorado for much of a blowout win.

Out of need to protect their balance sheets, banks have virtually shut down their lending, sucking the leverage out of the system so quickly that hedge funds are starting to close their doors.