The phrase "adhering closely" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone or something that is adhering strictly to a set of rules or principles. For example, "The students are adhering closely to the teacher's instructions."
Adhering closely for almost its entirety to Ananda's point of view, the book necessarily gives him a rich, eloquent interiority.
But Blackwater began to seek training contracts from foreign governments and other foreign organizations without adhering closely to American regulations.
Yet, below it is a stag hunt, rich in symbolic content but adhering closely to the patterns of profane floor mosaics.
Mr. Spratlan and Mr. Maraniss honor Calderón by adhering closely to the philosophically ambiguous play, considered the "Hamlet" of Spanish drama.
Adhering closely to Hopper's kind of architecture is Berenice Abbott's classic 1939 image, "Fifth Avenue Houses, 4, 6, 8," a trio of forlorn 19th-century brownstones having a very quiet day.
Van Heemskerck's earliest works Ecce Homo and St . LukePainting the Portrait of the Virgin, both dated 1532 while adhering closely to the Romanist style of Scorel, seek to outdo it by dramatic lighting and illusionistic effects of plasticity.
The Florida Supreme Court said it adhered closely to those rules.
Leila Sadaat adheres closely to conventional motifs, while Mohamad Bagher Aghamiri turns them into decorative fairy tale fantasies.
People who choose to adhere closely to the Hannaford ratings will have Spartan diets indeed.
They mistrust systems; they adhere closely to facts and study facts with their own senses.
Ms. Walter's script adheres closely to Nesbit's story while injecting some contemporary humor.
