Sentence examples for was once closed from inspiring English sources

The town was once closed to outsiders, with workers getting handsome salaries to perform dangerous work.

JD Supra is typical of a group of fledgling online legal research services that promise to open a field that was once closed, said David Curle, an analyst at Outsell Inc., a market research firm in Burlingame, Calif., for the professional publishing industry.

"In his short but impactful tenure, he has focused on driving openness where Microsoft was once closed, even when it has meant supporting competing services in the process," Levie wrote in Time.

It is now widely used for shellfish from waters that were once closed to harvesting.

Some fields that were once closed to the colorblind are, meanwhile, opening up.

Colonnades and terraces that were once closed to the public are now open, and there is expanded space for the building's various exhibits.

The N.B.A. wanted to wire coaches to make their product more appealing to the interactive generation, which craves more intimate glimpses behind what were once closed doors.

I knew my mum was once close to her, but they didn't speak any more.

Italy's respected conservative columnist Indro Montanelli, 91, was once close to Mr. Berlusconi.

Paramount, still another party in the mix, was once close to making the film.

Tlass, who defected last July, was once close to Bashar al-Assad.