Sentence examples for in closed circles from inspiring English sources

"I don't give a damn about what the political agreements were before I arrived," he said, adding that previous mayors made decisions in closed circles, often during lunches and dinners with famed entrepreneurs.

Lightbank partner Paul Lee agrees, explaining that while VCs have been open about deal terms, strategy and more in closed circles; there's been a shift towards openness with the entrepreneurial community.

In closed circles, hardliners have argued explicitly for a militarized foreign policy.

"I want movie stars to be sitting next to carpenters or lawyers," says Navarro. "In L.A., people move in closed circles, and this is a chance to break out of that and maybe meet people you wouldn't ordinarily meet in the course of your day.

We found 27 molecules (10% of all measurements), denoted as open circles, in anterograde direction, while the rest (34% of all measurements), denoted in closed circles, in retrograde direction.

Tanenbaum told me that, when women are in closed circle or close-knit community – like a protest with like-minded people, or among friends who understand the cheeky appropriation of the word – identifying as a "slut" can be empowering.

First, among hamsters weaned into 15L 9D, those transferred to 10L:14duringng melatonin exposure (open circles, Fig. 3C) manifested an earlier reduction in ETV compared to those kept in 15L 9D (closed circles, Fig. 3C).

This was the case both in the closed circles of lay consensus conferences (for example [56]) or 'out there' in the public sphere.

Gloriously operatic in its intensity, it's an intelligent, searing study of infidelity, betrayal and love in the closed circles of upper-crust Milanese society.

"Currency issues must be debated, must be discussed, must be resolved in pretty closed circles — and sometimes, behind closed doors as well — to be efficient," said Ms. Lagarde, the French finance minister.

A majority of interviewees considered that priority setting occurred in relatively closed circles of a small selection of researchers and policymakers with a shared value frame, excluding certain research directions.