Sentence examples for in tight groups from inspiring English sources

He said the reality of intelligence co-operation is that countries do it bilaterally or in "tight" groups instead of using EU structures.

The camp was set up like a kraal, with thirty-odd trucks parked in tight groups to form a large, fanlike defensive circle.

"Stories of Us" ends with the dancers marching in tight groups, until one escapes the crowd in what seems to be a typical illustration of the battle between conformity and individuality.

The animals are both the same species, Rangifer tarandus, but about 7,000 years of domestication in Eurasia has produced the reindeer's tendency to circle in tight groups, in contrast to the caribou's tendency to spread far and wide.

The characters in this compassionate, richly acted production often seem to be drifting through it like ghosts, independent of one another, caught in the grip of their own unhappiness even when huddling together in tight groups.

It feels as if you've stepped back in time to an eastern European shtetl: store signs and street posters and fliers in Yiddish; women in wigs and long skirts and pushing strollers; men in the traditional Hasidic black hat style gathering in tight groups for animated discussions in Yiddish.

The fact that prominent xCT protein localisation to the plasma membrane was not seen in the other cell lines tested may be explained by the observation that BxPC-3 cells morphologically grow in tighter groups of cells, facilitating the visualisation of xCT protein at cell cell (intercellular) plasma membrane junctions.

Taking decisions in a tight group in the "den" in Downing Street is understandable in the run-up to war and during its fighting – Churchill had a small war cabinet, as did Mrs Thatcher during the Falklands conflict – but Blair's style rarely tolerated divergent opinions.

Both sides are on two points but remain in touch in a tight group.

An away loss can be forgiven - but in a tight group, in which only one side qualifies for the final round of World Cup qualifiers, it is imperative to win at home.

Usually the scoring leaders are bunched at the top, one bad performance in a game often costing a player two or three spots in the tight group averaging in the high 20's.