Sentence examples for close strengthened from inspiring English sources

He said that seeing the efforts of the Sandinistas up close strengthened his view that government should protect and enhance the lives of the poor.

This would reassure Europeans, bring EU membership closer, strengthen the reformers and so on.

However, sharing experiences of CHF with spouses and other family often brought them closer, strengthening relationships [ 30, 48].

The police also ordered businesses closed and strengthened patrols to thwart a repeat of the looting that followed Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

Whilst the presence of a close-network strengthened coping capacity and the absence of legal-recognition limited it, this stark duality was less clear when it came to solidarity.

We want to continue to work with them because we feel we are very close, and strengthen the team in a very strong way".

The close and strengthening relationship between independent schools and leading universities is a strategic one – for the schools and their students, for UK higher education and for the country more broadly".

Landon Donovan says that Swansea City have transfer funds available and are close to strengthening their squad.

The Times are reporting that Manchester City are close to strengthening their defence with the £28m signing of Nicolas Otamendi in a deal that is expected to result in Eliaquim Mangala moving in the opposite direction on loan to Valencia.

Rogers and her father were close, their bond strengthened by daily trips to the public courts near where they lived in Hunters Point, a rough section of San Francisco.

Knowledge of these issues is a crucial step to move closer to strengthening surgical capacity in low-income countries.