Sentence examples for was closed almost from inspiring English sources

The Asian order book was closed almost as soon as it opened.

In a statement, the bank said it was "pleased to put this investigation behind us, which involved a legacy business that was closed almost five years ago".

Although a start-up company that came to be named Phage Therapeutics was quickly set up in Seattle, the planned Tbilisi affiliate was closed almost as soon as it opened.

South Crofty tin mine, near Camborne, is massive and was closed almost 20 years ago.

The pool was closed almost three decades ago because people didn't know how to act.

Even though the school was closed almost immediately after the first pandemic (H1N1) 2009 case was confirmed in a student, onset of ≈60% of reported illnesses occurred before or on the day of school dismissal, suggesting that unrecognized transmission was already occurring in the school or community.

After World War II it was opened to civilian traffic, only to be closed almost at once when too many vehicles ended up broken down at the side.

I know they were closed almost two months ago, but when I looked in my very own 2012 book, I saw that there was one item that still needed slamming shut.

The Rafah crossing, Gaza's only land border into Egypt, is closed almost every single day of the year.

Beyond that, further contract hiring by the districts has been forbidden, so this window has been closed: almost all staff are now fixed costs and decision space for districts about staff reduced to virtually zero.

Mines are closing almost every month.