Sentence examples for once closely from inspiring English sources

With nothing to lose and everything to gain, doors once closely guarded were left ajar.

Information, once closely hoarded in many industries, is becoming a commodity.

Many of the police themselves, once closely aligned with the pro-Russian insurgency, have been replaced by more loyal officers.

Hizbul Islam and the Shabab are two of the most powerful insurgent groups in Somalia and were once closely allied.

The tradition will certainly be altered, and perhaps even done away with, as the pricing information once closely held by dealers becomes available to everybody with Internet access.

The round-up has included individuals once closely associated with the 1979 Islamic revolution but who have been critical of Ahmadinejad's government.

He once worked closely with DESA's current attorney, and the two have apparently remained friends.

But Rouhani has not yet dared speak publicly about Mir-Hossein Mousavi, with whom he also once worked closely.

Among them was the mayor of Mosul, Zuhar al-Araji, who once worked closely with the American military.

ONCE as closely associated with adolescence as algebra, orthodontists have in recent years treated growing numbers of adults.

The quarterly results, once so closely watched for signs of progress at G.M., were viewed more as evidence of its slide toward bankruptcy.