Sentence examples for preparing to shut from inspiring English sources

The city is preparing to shut down its transit system as early as Saturday.

Utilities are preparing to shut off water, power and heat to customers who cannot show the right papers.

Independence National Historical Park, which houses the bell, is one of 395 national parks that were preparing to shut their gates at midnight Friday.

While a few elderly guests shuffled around the dingy ballroom, the staff were preparing to shut the doors of the Grand Ocean for the very last time.

Most companies maintained production levels near normal, but there were signs that they were preparing to shut down a significant number of platforms over the next several days.

It seems oddly appropriate that a report warning that the time to move on climate change is today (yesterday, really) should arrive in the nation's capital just as the government was preparing to shut down.

If you have eyes, prepare to shut them now.

"You have to be prepared to shut anything down immediately," she said.

Con Edison said it also was prepared to shut off networks in low-lying parts of Brooklyn and Queens.

Not unless she's prepared to shut up and get out of the kitchen.

Typically, refineries prepare to shut down for annual maintenance and oil consumption is lower.