Example sentences of "closely [vb pp] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The applications and methods course , on the other hand , seems more closely tailored to the needs of postgraduate history students . |
| 2 | Medicine men , tribal initiates or ‘ clever men , are also closely connected to the snake . |
| 3 | The T and G is a weathervane union closely connected to the Labour Party leadership . |
| 4 | The judge of the regality court of Lennox was James Graham , an advocate closely connected to the Montrose family and its interests , but much of the day-to-day business of his court was actually performed by Woodrop , who was Graham 's substitute , and Colquhoun , the regality clerk . |
| 5 | Blondel in his study Political Parties : A Genuine Case for Discontent ? claims that " in the great majority of cases programmes are unclear , often limited in scope , and not closely connected to the goals which the party proclaims " and he goes so far as to assert that " on balance parties do not really have programmes " . |
| 6 | These interpersonal skills are closely connected to the necessary management skills , especially when the assessing practitioner meets conflicting opinions , conflict of interest or simply conflict between individuals . |
| 7 | And the reasons , while many , are closely connected to the watering- down of any specifically religious content to a safe Highest Common Factor . |
| 8 | Erm I think the bad news for the honourable member from Stafford is that er Messier Herman is in fact a member of the European peoples party and no doubt no the honourable member with great respect , said that he was a Christian democrat and he 's also a member of the European Peoples party and therefore I hope that the honourable member for Stafford will take that up with his Conservative colleagues , who are very closely connected to the European peoples party , because I hopefully have made clear earlier in my remarks . |
| 9 | we believe that undergraduates in English would benefit from more ‘ systematic ’ and less ‘ inspirational ’ instruction and that this systematic instruction and its associated reading lists should be agreed by the teachers concerned and closely related to the needs of the Tripos course . |
| 10 | The rigidity of American standards is closely related to the seriousness with which meritocracy and classlessness are taken as ideals . |
| 11 | We all know how Service morale is closely related to the standard of food , so it is comforting to conclude that the RAF looks in pretty good shape in 1991 . |
| 12 | The original windows of the ‘ east ’ gable and the side walls having become low-level lights closely related to the new upper floor , the fine stained glass they contain can now also be admired at close range . |
| 13 | The Ganges susu , closely related to the Indus River dolphin , is a more abundant species found in the Ganges , Brahmaputra , and Meghna river systems , from the estuaries in Bangladesh and Bengal , up to Nepal and the Himalayas . |
| 14 | The beluga is closely related to the narwhal , and both are found mainly in the cold northern waters of Canada , Alaska , and the USSR . |
| 15 | Until the last hundred years or so , the purchasing value of coins was closely related to the intrinsic value of the metal they were made from . |
| 16 | Nor can the hoards be closely related to the campaigns of the war . |
| 17 | The domestic Ferret , used for catching rabbits , is closely related to the Polecat , which indeed may be its wild ancestor . |
| 18 | These enormous structures vary with age and are closely related to the dominance of their owners in the hierarchy . |
| 19 | Non-fiction texts should include those closely related to the world of the child and extend to those which enable children to deepen an understanding of themselves and the world in which they live , eg books about weather , wildlife , other countries , food , transport , the stars . |
| 20 | The options which define the framework of choice are closely related to the available leadership and organization . |
| 21 | It is now recognized that the trachoma agent is very closely related to the organism that causes non-specific urethritis and is responsible for 50 per cent of sticky eyes in newborn babies and for a proportion of cases of salpingitis in women . |
| 22 | It aims to show that closely related to the objective of resurrecting conservative social policies is a political method which involves an attempt to change Britain 's political landscape . |
| 23 | Those opposed to the ordination of women to the priesthood maintain that it can not be seen as a legitimate development because it is ‘ closely related to the central doctrines of the Christian faith ’ . |
| 24 | In the past it was believed to be closely related to the shaggy , hardy Highland . |
| 25 | The breeds likely to be most closely related to the White Park are probably the Kerry of Ireland and the old Scottish breeds , the Highland and Galloway . |
| 26 | There was a tendency for both to be referred to as the Wild White or Park cattle but there are noticeable differences between them and it has been firmly established , by cytogenetic and other tests , that the British White is no more closely related to the White Park than are other British breeds . |
| 27 | It is a polled breed , closely related to the Swedish Mountain and the North Finnish and sharing with them the white colour-pointed coat cline . |
| 28 | In so doing the quality of the service can be improved by ensuring that the objectives for individual placements are more closely related to the needs of the school and that there is support for implementing the outcomes of the experience . |
| 29 | This is closely related to the more general idea of a common association base ( CAB ) : the argument is that some sort of conceptual link has to be formed between individuals which have been introduced if they are to be referred to by a plural pronoun . |
| 30 | The democratic approach is closely related to the more general idea of a blackboard architecture , as used in speech recognition ( see , for example , Erman and Lesser 1980 on the HEARSAY-II system ) and other tasks . |