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But last Thursday, Mr. Rajoy closed off that possibility. He said he would not hurt the elderly by reducing pension payments.

Acting on the information they received, the police closed off the streets and caught the bank robbers.

Each cabin and head should have some kind of ventilation, especially if the space can be closed off from the rest of the boat.

Around downtown areas that had been closed off a few days ago, more shops were open.

The highway out of Chengdu was closed off by the time we made it to the turn-off so we travelled on a local road.

An air passageway leading from the powder location to the dispersion chamber is closed off by the cover.

Police, who said two bodies had been found , closed off traffic to a six- block area while firemen tried to extinguish the flames .

Gastric bypass : The surgeon staples a small pouch in the top of your stomach. The rest of the stomach is closed off.

A roadway lane, for instance, could be closed off and used for a light-rail line that can carry more passengers per hour.

After serving a jail sentence for the deadly crash, she lives at her parents' house, closed-off from the world, unable to forgive herself.

Should I get one? If I tell you I was single would you believe me? (laughs) I'm not closed off to love but right now I'm single.

Syrian security forces immediately closed off the neighborhood to investigate the cause of the bombing.

Seriously, I dated this guy and I was astounded at how content he was just living his life in this closed-off little box.

The service remains one of the few income sources that hasn't been closed off to the controversial whistleblowing website in recent weeks.

ON JULY 15th a 75-tonne cap closed off the Macondo well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

The biggest security operation in Ireland's history has seen much of the city centre closed off to cars, pedestrians and protesters.

Conversely, the Qing dynasty was in fact richer than many other countries, but she declined because she closed off her country.

Once you have worked through all the values in the array, the polyline is closed off and a style is applied to the line.

By nightfall, there were no confirmed deaths, and children played soccer on closed-off streets in a generally joyous atmosphere.

The entrance to the train station was closed off following the explosion.

But that edict closed off the primary revenue stream for the dozen tiger farms nationwide.

In 1920, Holland began building a dyke that closed off the Zuiderzee, a shallow bay in the northeast of the Netherlands.

The United States Coast Guard closed off the river in the area.

BARBARA KLEIN: When the bats are healthy, she moves them to a closed off area next to her home so they can learn once more how to fly.

Kim rattles off orders while looking over a map of Montana. He wants the area closed off, and the brothers found immediately.

S. tanks closed off the route, littered by hundreds of bullets and shattered pieces of glass.

All the streets have been closed off by the police.

Large areas of the city have been closed off by barricades set up by the demonstrators.

Today, the motorway I usually use was closed off due to a major car accident.

And that closing off closed off my vitality and my life energy.

On Monday, oil prices rose by over 1% as Alaska's main pipeline remained virtually closed off for a third day.

With fiscal and monetary options being closed off, America's policymakers may have limited ways forward.

The military has closed off main roads leading to Mosul to prevent militants from smuggling weapons and car bombs into the city.

Police roadblocks have closed off all access routes to the area to anyone without important business.

Because a book is the unknown, it's the night, it's closed off, and that's that.

Even the cheapskate strategy of buying a paper-thin presence is being closed off.

The nearest town with this kind of entertainment was forty miles away and the highway was closed off and on1 all winter.

Security was tight; whole streets were closed off in central Washington.

There ale more clothing shops nearby, which are closed off to vehicles on the weekends.

Even these really closed off communities have generators and watch TV.

But this country is so closed off nobody in the outside world knows the real inside story.

She looks closed off and fatter. . . sadder too. The second one looks more open, friendly and happy.

The workmen closed off the street for repairs.

Unlike the PC market of the late 1990s, the mobile market is fragmented and closed off.

The roads behind and in front of the hotel are closed off with yet more police.

In London, the FTSE 100 closed off 146 points, or 2. 7%, to close the week down nearly 10%.

It's a blockage, left main coronary artery. It's totally closed off.

Since then, Israel has closed off all but the most basic trade and movement.

Officials have closed off more waters to fishing.

Carl: Yeah. So, what happened to closed-off-little-box boy?

Before, they were closed off.

Too late: the circle of fire had closed off their street.

The option for peace should never be closed off.

He's right. They've been notified! |- It's closed off.

The street was closed off for too many cars.

You have all but closed off economics without even thinking about it.

I don't want to live in my own closed-off space.

Because they can be closed off in this way women who like them may find it hard to initiate a conversation with them.

To stop traffic when pedestrians come to the closed off area and escort them to the other side of the street

Geng's net is a strange tubular contraption with a closed off end

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the road has been closed off for repairs

closed off from love i didn't need the pain