Sentence examples for there were closed to from inspiring English sources

Despite these warnings, the mood on the mainland in the run-up to the Taiwan elections this time is far calmer than it was four years ago, when large stretches of the Chinese coast across from Taiwan were turned into a military zone and civilian airports there were closed to commercial traffic.

Those women had their day in court, but the records of what happened there are closed to the public.

Many of the people there were close to my age, and we got along well.

The number grows daily, and she estimated there are close to 200,000 members in those groups.

"Some of the guys that are out there are closer to the practice facility where we practice.

"Shanghai is an exceptional case - and the results there are close to what I expected.

Some background: it's reckoned there are close to 100,000 unaccompanied asylum seeking children scattered all around Europe.

There were close to 150 tables to be set.

There were close to a billion domestic passenger trips last year.

By 1940, there were close to half a million jukeboxes in the United States.

Back in the 1970s, it figured there were close to 200.