Example sentences of "have [vb pp] close [noun] with " in BNC.

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1 It is at the forefront of research and teaching in many disciplines and has formed close links with industry and commerce locally , nationally and internationally , whilst , at the same time , providing a caring and supportive environment in which students and staff can develop their abilities to the full .
2 He has had close involvement with the Diploma in Industrial Administration since its introduction .
3 Jane Madders , the author , has had close links with the Medau Society .
4 There was no official comment from China which has had close relations with Romania 's President Ceausescu .
5 The development of the project has involved close collaboration with members of the partner institutes and the joint specification of aims , objectives and methodology facilitated by preparatory funding from the ESRC .
6 BP was a founding member of the Petroleum/Mineral Law Trust set up in 1977 to establish the Centre which has maintained close links with the company .
7 Doris has maintained close links with Medau ever since , at one point acting as our Examiner , and is one of our original Society members .
8 The research has required close collaboration with practitioners in the field .
9 Abdul Rahman Mahmoud Hamdi , a banker and leading member of the National Islamic Front ( NIF ) , became Finance Minister in place of Sayed Ali Zaki , who had enjoyed close contacts with the World Bank and IMF .
10 The Fulro leadership was based in the Cambodian province of Mondolkiri and , until early 1992 , had enjoyed close links with the Khmers Rouges ; some 1,500 Fulro fighters were based in the Central Highlands .
11 Within three months , the epidemic strain was cultured from 3 other patients ( M30 , M32 , and M34 ) who had been inpatients over the Christmas period , and had had close contact with patients M8 and M10 .
12 Six priests took part in the Mass all of whom had had close links with him during his ministry .
13 According to documents published in the Washington Times , one of the biggest clients of the escort agency was Craig Spence , a trade consultant who had had close links with the Reagan administration .
14 As the international trade union organization which since the Second World War had maintained close ties with the communist countries , the WFTU had been severely shaken by the withdrawal of five east European federations in the wake of the collapse of communist rule in late 1989 and by the reorganization of the Soviet trade union movement as an independent body , renamed the General Confederation of USSR Trade Unions , in October [ see p. 37787 ] .
15 Reports on Jan. 30 said that two military judges in Padua examining the legality of " Gladio " had , in an interim indictment , charged the organization with " possible acts of terrorism " and claimed that it had maintained close links with the fascist " Marine Star " established after the Second World War .
16 Many on the right of the labour movement expect that the biggest problems will occur among unions on the left who have fostered close ties with East European unions which are now being discredited .
17 Certainly many men , especially those who have had close contact with feminism , initially find my suggestions preposterous .
18 The condition occurs most commonly in children who have had close contact with household pets , or who have frequented areas such as public parks where there is contamination of the ground by dog faeces .
19 Departments have forged close links with a number of companies in the area of research and development .
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