Sentence examples for cultivated close from inspiring English sources

He has also cultivated close ties to African prelates.

And his father has cultivated close ties with senior Chinese leaders in Beijing.

Analysts say Mr. Trichet has cultivated close ties to Mr. Bernanke.

Mr. Saakashvili has cultivated close ties to both the McCain and Obama campaigns.

Mr. Ertel said his partner was an energetic salesman who cultivated close relationships with their customers.

He has cultivated close ties with Ms. Merkel and her Christian Democratic Union party.

(The United States has cultivated closer ties as the Brotherhood approached power).

In 1998 he cultivated closer ties with Iraq in light of Israel's growing strategic partnership with Turkey.

If Mr. Obama had cultivated closer ties to the Saudis, he might have bought time for negotiations between the Bahraini authorities and the chief Shiite opposition party, Al Wefaq, according to one American diplomat who was there at the time.

Ties between Saudi Arabia and Iraq have been especially strained since the 2003 American invasion toppled Mr. Hussein's Sunni-dominated government and ushered in a Shiite-led one, which has cultivated closer relations with Iran and Iranian-supported political movements inside Iraq.

During a brief stint in government, the Maoists cultivated closer relations with China, much to India's alarm.The Maoist-led collapsed colast yearastoyear, to be replaced by an anti-Maoist one backed by India and some think cobbled together by it.