"We cannot cut off the flow of foreign workers abruptly but we have to slow the growth, " he said.

BBC: Singapore budget focuses on foreign workers

Would Iran cut off the flow of oil out of the Middle East?

FORBES: If Obama Gets Second Term, Israel's January Attack on Iran Looms Large

But Syria could certainly cut off the flow of re-supply to Hezbollah, which eventually would be felt, and Hezbollah could not ignore that if Syria took that step.

NPR: Defining Syria's Role in Mideast Peace

Secretary of State John Kerry, on a surprise one-day visit to Baghdad, pressed Iraqi officials Sunday to cut off the flow of Iranian arms to the Syrian government and warned that future American aid to Iraq could be at risk if it doesn't.

WSJ: U.S. Prods Iraq to Stop Arms Going to Syria

If troubles at home eventually cut off the outward flow of capital, the U.S. economy among others would suffer.

FORBES: Magazine Article

EU's privacy directive also authorises member states to cut off the data flow to other countries, including the United States, which do not have (by its lights) adequate privacy laws.

ECONOMIST: Stop signs on the web

Journalists whose writings displease such a politician are cut off from the flow of information, for example, by not being invited into the officeholder's house for the informal evening chats where selected tidbits of information are handed out like candies.

FORBES: Hold the presses

In 1987 it threatened to cut the flow off, and in 1990 it did so, for a month, to allow the lake behind its giant Ataturk Dam to fill up.

ECONOMIST: A new and bitter brew in the Middle East | The

If the character of the order flow changes, the outgoing order monitoring device should immediately cut off the orders.

FORBES: After the Knight Capital Catastrophe, Throttle the Traders, Not the Markets

New Jersey Natural Gas cut off gas flow completely on Thursday in order to stop the fuel to these fires, but much damage was done.

FORBES: Hurricane Sandy Shows Nuclear Is Safe