Sentence examples for maintained closer from inspiring English sources

Since the "scramble for Africa" that saw the continent divided up by colonial masters, African countries have largely maintained closer links with former colonisers than they have with each other.

Flemish settlers arrived in the region during the 12th century, and, as a result of strong Norman defenses and non-Welsh settlement, the south, known as "little England," was better populated than the north and maintained closer contact with England.

Compared between the latter two logical controls, strategy 2 would be better because its oxygen product qualities can be maintained closer to their targets.

But as historian Martin Sherwin has observed, "If Washington had maintained closer control over the scheduling of the atomic bomb raids the annihilation of Nagasaki could have been avoided".

However, it is also possible that the native species simply responded more slowly to changing conditions, so it maintained closer to the added biomass in both successional and mature forest soils.

There are also studies that suggest iron stores are maintained closer to the target range [ 12, 13, 25], but it must be noted that the patients included in many of these studies are not representative of the general dialysis population.

Dr. Cammett maintained close ties to the college after retirement.

Levin also maintained close relationships with defense attorneys.

At first Bohemia maintained close relations with neighbouring Bavaria.

RIM has long maintained close ties to wireless carriers.

The monasteries at Nalanda and Vikramashila maintained close relations.