Sentence examples for sought ties from inspiring English sources

Only Guinea elected to follow a Marxist leader who sought ties with the U.S.S.R.

According to prosecutor Michelangelo Patane, the clan, which had sought ties with the cocaine-running 'Nrangheta mafia in Calabria, had a huge arsenal of weapons, including two bazookas.

The most senior al-Shabaab leaders are from Somaliland rather than southern Somalia and are transnational in outlook, having brought in foreign fighters and sought ties with al-Qaida.

The candidate has sought ties to the illegal wildcat gold miners who have poisoned large swathes of the Peruvian Amazon, and is allied with a construction union leader under investigation for extortion.

Mr Taurel reckons this homegrown experience makes Lilly a more attractive partner than its rivals for biotech firms seeking ties to a bigger business.

But when he succeeded to the presidency, he responded to widespread discontent by introducing limited economic reforms, easing restrictions on religion and civil liberties, and cautiously seeking ties with Western Europe and the Balkan states.

In the old, small shops of the city's immigrant neighborhoods, the places where people seek ties to the past, the scars of a long cultural war of attrition appear.

Virtually every talent agency in Hollywood is reaching out to the Internet -- either by making deals for their clients to produce material for the Web or advising high-technology and other companies seeking ties to the entertainment business.

He is open about seeking ties of some sort in Australia.

At least, not as long as local militant groups in Africa continue to seek ties with international jihad.

Three of the five groups in the finals this year did, and the hopefuls are seeking ties with venture capitalists increasingly early.