With private equity, the company's owners sit closely beside managers and are intimately involved in decision-making.
Before the verdict was read, the couple sat closely together, as they had throughout the 23-day trial.
"Did I kill him?" Karen asks, amid talk of dueling, imploring audience members who sit closely on both sides of the small, rectangular space, which is carpeted, festooned and hung with Futurist images and portraits of military men.
At night, on low stools beneath the crowded umbrellas of Yangon's downtown teashops, men sit closely and strum loud acoustic folk melodies, their songs filled with tradition rather than protest.
These shows, too, featured sketches, but some of their most memorable moments came when the two actors sat closely across a table, as if in a pub, with Mr. Smith's character, the more smug of the two, often serving up stories of dubious factuality and Mr. Jones's character, skeptical but rapt, peppering him with questions.
Speed aside, the steering is slightly stiff (power steering is not available); the clutch, brake and accelerator pedals are narrow and sit closely to one another, which requires some adjustment.
He kept getting up from the leather couch, which he insisted I sit closely next to him on, while Suzy worked at the computer in front of us.
If this is done subtly enough, the desks at the back of the room will be just a few inches away from one another, allowing you to sit closely beside your partner in crime.
Historically, this condition was seen in people, who sat closely to open fires.
The thatched roof, mud wall homes sit closely together with enough space for families to manoeuvre around them, prepare and eat meals.
