Sentence examples for sought close from inspiring English sources

Mr. Oram sought close but not exact matches for the shades of the Tate canvases.

In recent years, Europeans have sought close contacts with Tripoli to try to stem the flow of migrants.

When I spoke to Karzai in Kabul, not long before the riots, he told me repeatedly that Afghans had actively sought close ties to the United States.

At the time Myanmar sought close ties with the West to balance relations with China, said Thant Myint-U, a historian and former United Nations official.

In later odes, particularly The Progress of Poesy (1757), Gray successfully sought close imitation of the original Pindaric form, even emulating Greek rhythms in English, while developing ambitious ideas about cultural continuity and renewal.

The United States has sought close cooperation with Turkey in the fight against the Islamic State, while Europe has relied on Turkey to help stem the flow of refugees from war-torn countries of the Middle East to the Continent.

The territorial churches in Germany had sought closer cooperation among themselves for many years.

Canada also sought closer relations with the EEC and played a more active role in the UN.

Since then, Erdogan has sought closer ties with Muslim nations while trying to distance his country from Israel.

Under President Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr. Hollande's predecessor, France sought closer ties with Syria, and invited President Bashar al-Assad to Bastille Day celebrations at the Élysée Palace.

As prime minister, Mulroney sought closer cooperation with the United States on such bilateral issues as trade policies and measures to deal with acid rain in North America.