Sentence examples for close to germany from inspiring English sources

My university in Ulm had partner schools in England and America, but England seemed too close to Germany.

Denmark is, as you know, a very small country in Europe, almost a kind of appendix close to Germany, with hardly any natural resources whatsoever, except the brainpower of the people.

England cannot place themselves anywhere close to Germany in terms of achievements.

By staying close to Germany in a rain-soaked 1-0 defeathethe Americans sneaked through pool play by way of a goal-differential tiebreaker.

The Netherlands has been close to Germany in calling for tough austerity measures across the euro zone, and in supporting the EU's fiscal pact which must win parliamentary ratification by the end of the year in the countries whose governments signed up to the treaty.

Germany wanted to remain close to Washington, but would not participate in what Berlin rightly saw as an illegitimate war.

Warren Hoge (NYT) GERMANY: CARLOS AIDE JAILED -- Johannes Weinrich, 52, a German leftist believed to be close to the terrorist known as Carlos, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the bombing of a French cultural center in Berlin in 1983.

Also, this location, Metz, is very close to Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, it's almost in the middle of Europe, so it was very important to be open to other countries.

Too close to the bankers Regarding the news articles ''Germany at odds with U.S. over crisis'' and ''Geithner goes to battle without a full army'' (March 10): Why are Europeans reluctant to heed American exhortations to further increase their stimulus packages?

Italian failures had allowed another British foothold on the continent too close to the Romanian oilfields Germany's Ally.

Archives|LOAN TO GERMANY CALLED BOOMERANG; Merchants Say World Trade Rivals Get Credits Denied to Them.