Sentence examples for close an alliance from inspiring English sources

But this smacks of too close an alliance of church and Caesar".

Mr. Haqqani has repeatedly denied any connection to the memo, though in an interview on Wednesday he acknowledged differences with the military over how close an alliance Pakistan should have with the United States and whether Islamabad needed hegemony in Afghanistan to protect itself from India, its far larger rival.

That's how close we were then to having something almost close to an alliance with Russia.

The most resilient carmaker in America, Chrysler, began life anew Wednesday after closing a government-brokered alliance with Italian carmaker Fiat SpA.

Under Mr Netanyahu, backroom coalition contacts between the two parties came close to forging an alliance.

They were close to sealing an alliance with the current mayor, Gilberto Kassab, that would have left the PSDB's candidate isolated.

Despite this, Molotov became a protégé of and close adherent to Stalin, an alliance to which he owed his later prominence.

Analysts believe a typically insular North Korea must be in dire need of external support, particularly as China appears to be edging closer towards developing an alliance with South Korea.

Warren relied heavily on Fossey's vast experience, and the two men forged a close personal alliance in an industry not noted for long friendships.

What does seem clear is that a cohesive and strong Europe on good terms with its neighbours will not fit easily into a close transatlantic alliance with an America actively pursuing global hegemony.

So what the United States fears about China dominating Asia is the possibility that it will not invade the United States, but that it will move into the Western Hemisphere, form a close alliance with a country like Brazil or Cuba or Mexico, and become a threat to the United States from inside the Hemisphere.