The deal is expected to close before the end of the year.

The show closed before the summer, and in the fall, a national tour began.

He had closed it just before the hour of nine.

One cannot close one's eyes even before a threatening situation.

He then closed all schools for nearly three months before the scheduled summer break.

The company said the other facilities would not be closed before 1989.

First, many states had already closed down the banks before March 6.

The school closed shortly before her death in the mid-1990s.

That deal is scheduled to close before the end of July.

That deal, valued at $862 million, is expected to close before June 30.

This "path toward error" has been closed so many times before, however, that one hesitates to be optimistic.

Never, to my knowledge, had the house been closed before.

The occupied territories have been closed before, on high Jewish holy days and at other times when Israel wanted to prevent possible trouble.

Last year, a musical version of "Anna Karenina" received four nominations even though it had closed months before.

Lesotho garment factories have closed before, and been snapped up quickly by other producers.

He meant that the shares opened on Feb. 19 at $119.50, more than $6 higher than they had closed the day before.

Citicorp, to take one example, had closed the day before at $122.31 a share.

Le Maintenant had closed the month before, strangled by bureaucracy.

"Many were closed on us before, but not anymore."

I was sure it had been closed before.