Sentence examples for served as a close from inspiring English sources

General Avril served as a close aide to both Duvaliers and was an adviser to Lieut.

And what Alain Minc, an economist who served as a close adviser to Sarkozy, calls a "fragile country without a compass.

He fought on behalf of the Tajik-dominated Northern Alliance and also served as a close adviser to its charismatic leader, Ahmed Shah Masood.

Mr. Apostol became a Communist in the 1930s, when the party was still illegal in Romania, and served as a close ally of the Communist leader at the time, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.

Known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, it is based in Yemen and headed by a Yemeni, Naser Abdel-Karim al-Wahishi, who served as a close aide to Osama bin Laden.

The economist Oskar Morgenstern served as a close adviser to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and a math whiz named John von Neumann made vital contributions to the Manhattan Project, information theory and computer technology.

And among her other voluntary duties (she has raised millions of dollars in funds for the museum in Santa Ana and has spearheaded its gala dinner campaigns), the Huntington Beach resident has served as a closer in delicate negotiations in East Asia that have enabled the museum to lead the way in bringing acclaimed exhibitions of Chinese antiquities to Orange County, Bowers officials said.

The genome of this species will also serve as a close out-group to Drosophila in comparative genomic studies.

Ice draft is a measurement of the ice thickness below the waterline and often serves as a close proxy for total ice thickness.

Shortly after coming back, he asked Ms. Tilney, a communications and marketing executive, to sit in on important meetings and to serve as a close adviser.

He continued to serve as a close Manafort associate during the months Manafort worked for President Trump's campaign, including visiting Manafort in person in New York in May and August 2016.