Sentence examples for the shutdown itself from inspiring English sources
"The shutdown itself is unreasonable," Mr. Xu said.
But the shutdown itself is just a classic march of folly.
The mystery is heightened by the question of just how much of an impact the shutdown itself will have.
To repeat, it is not the shutdown itself that threatens the unraveling of our being jointly committed in this way.
One could argue that the ideology that brought Republicans into a showdown with President Obama harmed them significantly in Virginia; the shutdown itself, however, shows no real effect.
When you are brawling on the edge of a cliff, the big question is not "Who is right?", but "What the hell are you doing on the edge of a cliff?"The shutdown itself is tiresome but bearable.
The 16-day shutdown itself has already led to the biggest plunge in consumer confidence since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008.
ReprintsMore worrying than a shutdown itself would be its implications.
By itself, the shutdown — more than three days old and with no end in sight — "is going to have an impact," Mr. McNerney said in an interview.
The city has been busily preparing itself for the shutdown, with schools closing, public transport routes bolstered and measures underway to help maintain some semblance of normalcy.
The city has been busily preparing itself for the shutdown, with schools closing, public transportation routes bolstered, and measures underway to help maintain some semblance of normalcy.
