Sentence examples for retained close from inspiring English sources

The two countries have retained close ties.

She retained close friendships with Sir Laurence Olivier, Welles, Tennessee Williams, Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal.

But he said he has retained close ties to the newspaper.

He retained close links to the wrestling business, lending his name to several new promotions and appearing at reunions for retired grapplers.

Liberia - land of liberty - was the country founded by the US for freed slaves and it retained close links with Washington.

A former Warner Music board member, he has retained close ties to top company officials like Edgar M. Bronfman Jr., the company's chairman and chief executive.

While he said that E.U. entry still remained a long-term goal, he stressed that Turkey was more likely to follow the example of Norway and to remain closely aligned with the union by adopting E.U. standards and retaining close economic ties, the paper said.

They retain close ties with the island.

Still, the companies retain close ties.

It retains close ties to Pakistani security services.

China, like Russia, has supported the American operation in Afghanistan, but retains close ties to Iraq, Iran and North Korea.