Example sentences of "[pron] [be] closely [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , however , most of them are closely related to others , and the separate characteristics which concern us are relatively few in number . |
| 2 | It was therefore with great joy that most people in Britain greeted the recent news that three Beluga whales , which are closely related to dolphins , had made their own bid for freedom . |
| 3 | Extracts from a number of the studies referred to in the previous chapters are included ; as are extracts from works not specifically cited in these chapters but which are closely related to topics and issues raised in them . |
| 4 | This technique has been discovered independently by two different groups of birds — the weaverbirds of Africa which are closely related to the European sparrow , and the icterids of the Americas which include such birds as the caciques and the oropendolas . |
| 5 | These concerns have been further stimulated by the change in public attitudes to safety and environmental issues , many of which are closely linked to energy . |
| 6 | One important lesson which one can draw from this historical analysis is that it may not be possible to predetermine the nature of the proper relationship between politics and the press : each era spawns different sets of relationships which are closely linked to particular configurations of social , political and economic forces . |
| 7 | Not only are certain subjects ( physics , maths , engineering ) considered more suitable for men than for women , but also these subjects in themselves seem to embody qualities which are closely linked to our ideas about masculinity and femininity . |
| 8 | Atrophy , which is closely related to H pylori infection , is associated with a decline in acid secretion . |
| 9 | Wells ( 1973 ) reports on a study which is closely related to the concerns of this book . |
| 10 | We can discover the physical events that produce the perceptual effect of vowel quality , we can measure the intensity of different sounds ( which is closely related to the loudness that we perceive ) , and the fundamental frequency of voiced sounds ( which is closely related to pitch ) can be extracted from the speech signal . |
| 11 | It is one which is closely allied to a problem raised by implication by Alan Bennett , that imaginatively cynical Yorkshire dramatist and actor , who recently chose Mantegna 's Agony in the Garden as his choice in this month 's Dramatist 's Choice ’ series in the National Gallery . |
| 12 | The new government was composed of representatives from an alliance between the multiracial Fiji Labour Party and the National Federation Party which was closely allied to the interests of those of Indian extraction who slightly outnumbered the Melanesian population . |
| 13 | Is it because you are expected to express good wishes or thanks , or because you are old and wise and expected to give advice , or because you are an extrovert and known for being humorous , because you are closely related to the other members of the family , or because you are a friend who has known the bride and groom for many years ? |
| 14 | Third , from a methodological perspective , perspective , mentalistic accounts are seen as valid so long as they are closely tied to observations , so that any proposed link between behaviour and underlying knowledge is subject to rigorous scrutiny and ultimately to falsification through additional empirical enquiry ( see Figure 5.1 ) . |
| 15 | The Morse function yields vibrational energy levels given by Eqn ( 5.7 ) , and these have the advantage that they are closely related to those for the simple harmonic case [ Eqn ( 5.4 ) ] |
| 16 | Such hydration expansion commonly occurs in response to changes in relative humidity which , since they are closely related to temperature , may be diumal . |
| 17 | Twenty-o twenty-two and a hundred and twenty-five I do n't propose to speak to because er they are closely related to Government amendments , but I shall talk about it in another respect , but er seventeen and eighteen are in the theme of what so many Noble Lords have said , including the Noble Lord , Lord , and that is the importance of the local people er being er on these er thes th these these new police authorities and I seek to remove er the five appointed or any appointed people er by the Secretary of State . |
| 18 | The problem with assessing the influence of parental and family dimensions , such as weak supervision or parental criminality , is the fact that they are closely linked to various aspects of social and economic disadvantage , such as poverty , overcrowding and poor housing . |
| 19 | It is the third group which concerns us , since it is closely related to selection methods . |
| 20 | The second issue , and it is closely related to the first , is whether the succession of images — and they succeed each other with alarming frequency — enables us not only to remember past events but to learn from our past mistakes . |
| 21 | In America it is called the thick-billed murre , and it is closely related to the common guillemot which breeds in large numbers on the cliffs of Shetland . |
| 22 | The reliability approach can be made more elaborate ; in some ways it is closely related to the causal approach considered next , because we are clearly owed an account of what reliability is , and a causal answer is tempting ( see , e.g. , Goldman , 1979 ) . |
| 23 | It is closely related to the regulation of a particular form of social formation and is intimately linked with political and economic forces , and the consequent social problems which emerge . |
| 24 | It is closely related to the strain tensor defined earlier . |
| 25 | Just as industrial policy is related to competition policy , so it is closely related to international trade policy , an issue to which we return in Chapter 32 . |
| 26 | It is closely related to peat and has a relatively low carbon content and high moisture content . |
| 27 | It is closely related to a longer version extant in four manuscripts three of which assign it to him . |
| 28 | Theoretical reasoning is a dead letter to the child unless it is closely anchored to practical issues . |
| 29 | A very detailed specification is drawn up , and a tight system of checking and auditing ensures that it is closely adhered to . |
| 30 | He is closely connected to both the lovers so , in this book too , we have a chance to see the situation from both sides , although it 's harder to get involved with the main characters and really understand their thoughts , feelings and motivations . |