Sentence examples for off the borders from inspiring English sources

Regional warlords had been bought off, the borders supposedly sealed.

The military took over in 1962 after toppling the shaky parliamentary government of U Nu, quickly sealing off the borders and imprisoning some 8,000 intellectuals.

Of course, there is a political dimension to the deployment, which comes as the Obama administration faces fierce criticism, particularly in Arizona, for not doing enough to seal off the borders from illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.

Serbia said on Tuesday it would not erect a wire border fence, but would deploy its army to seal off the borders with Macedonia and Bulgaria to stop refugees from coming in from those countries.

"Considering whether to close off the borders should not be taboo". .

But Sandoval and Tambini also make it clear that Arizona itself is a victim of unintended consequences, federal immigration policies having encouraged workers who once would have crossed back and forth across a more open border to remain in the U.S., and, by fencing off the borders of neighboring Southwest states, to turn Arizona into a sort of funnel for immigrants and smugglers alike.

( Note: in Word 2007 select the Page Layout menu and then look for the Page Background portion of the ribbon and click on Page Borders. Go to tab Page Border and select None. Do the same for tab Borders) Select Borders and Shading... Turn off the border.

Can Democrats afford to write off the border South completely?

Mr. Thiab pleaded for American officials to close off the border to imports, at least temporarily.

Here in the isolated territory of Gaza, the Israelis have sealed off the border for almost a year.

"Why has the United States, with all its might, failed to shut off the border with Mexico for the drugs and everything else that crosses?