Sentence examples for were ordered to close from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday, schools in the capital were ordered to close for two weeks.Why the change of tack?

Civil servants were given two days off and businesses along the procession route were ordered to close.

This is not completely unreasonable: if a foreign organisation working in Britain were ordered to close, but continued to operate, the authorities would be bound to react.

Schools were ordered to close and a state of emergency was declared on the Greek island of Kefalonia on Monday after an earthquake damaged homes and injured at least seven people.

By 10 55 local time, Al Jazeera's offices in Cairo were ordered to close.

His clinic was ordered to close for a year.

All liquor shops, bars, cinemas and slaughterhouses have been ordered to close.

Theatres, cinemas and karaoke bars (nightlife for the moneyed classes) have been ordered to close.

The chief of the Tehran Justice Administration was quoted as saying that "several other papers" had also been ordered to close.

The council spokesman said that at a hearing at Southend Magistrates Courtt on Tuesday, the takeaway was ordered to close.

Mr. Kadhim, 48, was told in March that his lease would not be renewed, and he was ordered to close his business by June 30.