Example sentences of "closed down by the " in BNC.

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1 Despite the 1974–8 Kenya Development Plan stating ‘ there has been some counter productive harassment of these enterprises , which will be promptly ended ’ , in 1989 a complete informal vehicle maintenance site was abruptly closed down by the city government .
2 The place should be closed down by the Environmental Health Department .
3 Four months after this article was written the unit focusing on girls and young women was closed down by the management of the national organization , and we all lost our jobs .
4 They 're the only people who can keep anything open out in the sand , and not be closed down by the gangcults .
5 Top West End antiques dealer Arthur Davidson — son-in-law of the late showbiz millionaire Leslie Grade — had his business closed down by the receivers .
6 All radio stations were closed down by the mutineers ; several ministers , including the Prime Minister , were reported to have been arrested and others were seeking asylum in foreign embassies .
7 In the early 1970s the local firm that had been producing soap since 1943 was closed down by the action of its major shareholder , who also owned an import agency .
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