Sentence examples for shut the building from inspiring English sources

The Israelis shut the building in August after a suicide bombing in Jerusalem.

So as soon as we got in, they shut the building down.

Rachael Maskell, Labour MP for York Central, has raised concerns in Parliament after staff were given five days' notice to shut the building.

"To shut the building down without another one bought and waiting is simply foolish," Michele Slung, an editor and a member, said in an e-mail message.

Judith Jacobs, the presiding officer of the County Legislature, agreed that other efforts should be made before shutting the building, saying no significant marketing effort has been made for the pool since the Goodwill Games in 1998, the reason for the pool's construction.

Supporters of the nature centers say that shutting the buildings will rob the public of a trove of records, artifacts, specimens and nature books.

John Dirzius, president of the greater Connecticut American Postal Workers Union, said: "My concern is, they shut the Senate building down, but not the workers here.

Citing intelligence that the Pentagon is the second most likely target for a terrorist attack in the capital region after the White House, military officials want to shut the day care building next to the Pentagon by the fall.

When the leather bar shut down, the building was boarded up.

"If you sit right here," he said, "you could probably hear all 12 doors shut in the building at night.

Within minutes of the attack, the engineering staff rushed to shut off the building's air vents to protect the fragile collection from the choking cloud of dust.