Sentence examples for he maintained close ties from inspiring English sources

Although Dr. Pickering became an American citizen in 1941, he maintained close ties with his native land.

Attalus' frequent ambassadorial missions to Rome earned him a favourable reputation there, and he maintained close ties with the Romans after becoming king.

He maintained close ties with Japan, aiding its development of industrial dyes, aluminum fabrication, nitrogen fixation, the electric furnace, and the manufacture of Bakelite.

His involvement after leaving Iraq in smuggling operations that involved members of Mr. Hussein's government suggest that he maintained close ties there, a former intelligence official said.

At the time, Mr. Mughassil told another defendant that he maintained close ties with Iranian officials who provided financial support for Hezbollah.

Though Weah established a new home for his family in New York City, he maintained close ties to Liberia, where he is known as "King George" and enjoys considerable popularity.

She was further put off after he opened a police investigation into the Commerce Ministry's international affairs office, where she maintained close ties.

Al-Sadr controls at least 30 seats in the Parliament and several ministries, and he maintains close ties to al-Maliki's political group, the Islamic Dawa Party.

However, Mr Yang says that it is unclear if he maintains close ties with Chinese security operators that he was thought to have made there.

But he maintains close ties to Cuba and to Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, the leftist president who has become a thorn in the side of the United States.

Although he now lives in Bloomingdale, N.Y., in the Adirondacks, he maintains close ties to Westchester: he has already set up a spring lecture at the Trailside Museum at Ward Pound Ridge.