Sentence examples similar to tightened relations from inspiring English sources
Perhaps more important, the agreement would strengthen an essential ally in the combat against illegal narcotics in the Andes and tighten relations with one of the United States' few remaining friends in South America — where Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is gaining allies by spreading oil wealth around.
Since then, the two countries have rapidly normalized their bilateral relations, upgraded investment ties, and are currently contemplating tightening defense relations.
The study concluded with comments and suggestions on the application of bolt torque tightening in relation to the strength, fatigue life and damage tolerance characteristics of joints on similar fibre reinforced polymer laminate composite material systems.
Though Zeffirelli is being commended for his "valuable services to British performing arts", his knighthood will further tighten already close relations between Tony Blair's government and that of Silvio Berlusconi.
Because this is so, there is now much to discuss about an island that has been all but forgotten over the last decade as cross-strait relations have dramatically improved and economic ties between Mainland China and Taiwan have tightened.
Ms. Kaminsky tightened the focus to Gertrude Stein, and then widened it to take in Stein's relations, friendly and contentious, with the writers and composers of her milieu.
In Vail, Kip Blakely, vice president of industry and government relations at Timco, told The Greensboro News & Record, the seat was tightened and the plane flew on to Boston.
The issue then – and the issue from January in relation to Bulgaria and Romania – was not entitlement to benefits (we had already tightened the habitual residence test), but whether people were allowed to work legally.
