Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] closely [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where tax-free reserves are so closely linked to capital investment , the small firm finds a greater proportion of profits subject to tax and may therefore be subject to a higher marginal rate of taxation . |
| 2 | Toucans live in the forests of South and Central America and are more closely related to woodpeckers than to hornbills . |
| 3 | Another theory concerning the relationships of the Recent taxa suggests that lampreys are more closely related to gnathostomes than either is to hagfishes , implying that hagfishes are the most primitive of craniate animals ( Fig. 2B , a ) . |
| 4 | These similarities , together with several other less obvious features , suggest that cephalapsids are more closely related to gnathostomes than either is to lampreys . |
| 5 | The new features that have been discovered by re-examining Recent taxa alongside the many new fossil finds during the past 15 years lead to classifications that suggest that lampreys are more closely related to gnathostomes than either is to hagfishes . |
| 6 | B , a , This theory suggests that lampreys are more closely related to gnathostomes than to hagfishes ( agnathans are considered paraphyletic ) . |
| 7 | The clubmosses , which created most of the coal seams , are more closely related to ferns than they are to pine trees , and oil — from which most synthetics are obtained — is not derived from plants at all . |
| 8 | Evidence from successful Japanese companies has suggested that production costs are often closely connected to management practices and operations , rather than the scale of operations within plants . |