Sentence examples for is effectively closed from inspiring English sources

London City is effectively closed, with visibility down to around 50 metres.

But with an entry fee of tens of thousands of pounds, Parliament is effectively closed to shop workers, manual workers and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

One suggestion is that struggling parishes are turned into "festival churches" – meaning, the parish ceases to have a regular vicar and the church building is effectively closed, to be opened for services at the major church festivals during the year.

The United Nations is effectively closed for a long Good Friday-Easter weekend, except for immediate emergencies, and the cCouncil would not normally meet Monday because the first day of a new month is always set aside for conferences about the month's agenda.

The recent claims by the Syrian opposition and the United Nations that Russia is using bunker-buster bombs in Aleppo would, if proven, confirm that a new, more destructive phase in the Russian assault on rebel forces is under way, and that the diplomatic track is effectively closed.

The problem is that the China A share market is effectively closed to foreign investors, and conversely, foreign markets are closed to mainland Chinese.

This is effectively closing time for Wall Street's club, which had long considered itself above the fray and beyond the mundane concerns of Main Street commercial banks.

Schools have been effectively closed for the past three months.

Private markets are effectively closed, and Italy and Spain are scarcely able to afford bailouts.

An agency spokesman said most of the buildings were effectively closed by mid-afternoon.

Japan was effectively closed up until the 1970's or 1980's".