Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] closely [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 Obviously infarct size and subsequent left ventricular function are closely related to prognosis .
2 Cuvier noticed that the most recently extinct creatures such as the mammoth were closely related to living species .
3 In this sense irony is closely related to paradox , which involves the association of conflicting elements within the same statement .
4 The focused interview is closely related to the non-standardised or unstructured interview , and differs mainly in the extent to which the direction of the interview is controlled by the interviewer .
5 In the long run , investment is closely tied to profits .
6 Now , ‘ investment is closely linked to product .
7 Yet , as was made clear in the community power debate , methodology is closely related to the nature of the conclusions reached .
8 While the formation of this ugly , bumpy skin condition is closely related to the hormonal system , which is in turn adversely affected by stress , Danielle maintains that ‘ nervousness , tension , frustration , shock , anger and so forth can all bring on a cellulite condition .
9 The emergence of International Relations as a separate field of study was closely related to the approach that first captured thinking about the subject .
10 Although the practical work is closely related to some parts of the theory , there is a discrete set of lectures on the subject .
11 Designed especially for the North and South Duveen Galleries , this work is closely related to ‘ Two forged rounds for Buster Keaton ’ , the pair of steel cylinders shown at Larry Gagosian 's downtown space in New York exactly a year ago .
12 In the case of BNB , timeliness is closely allied to the UK Cataloguing-in-Publication programme ( CIP ) , which was begun by the British Library in 1977 .
13 Proponents of this definition often assume that criminal law is closely related to the consensus , although they accept that law may be tardy in reacting to changing attitudes .
14 The control function of management is closely linked to the planning function .
15 Reconciliation is closely allied to this concept of unity .
16 This issue is closely related to the form of socio-tenurial polarization in the Northern Tyneside area .
17 The next issue is closely related to the value issues involved in curriculum review .
18 Firstly , after eating a meal gall bladder contraction is closely related to plasma CCK concentrations .
19 The answer to the first question is closely related to issues of stigma , labelling , and widely held opinions about culpability .
20 Taken together , it seems that , membranous expression of pre-S1 or pre-S2 in the liver is closely related to its presence in serum , and thus might reflect the secretion of the hepatitis B virus particles containing pre-S peptides by liver into the circulation , suggesting a pathway through membranous system in assembly or secretion of hepatitis B virus particles .
21 Mobility was closely linked to the life-cycle : men and women moved while they were young .
22 If he countenanced a philosophy of sadism , it was the more dangerous in that its stimulus was closely allied to puritan susceptibilities .
23 During these transitions , both the phase and the amplitude of the sugar at the 5'-side of the junction are closely coupled to the value of ε-ζ .
24 A cursory look at the experience of late capitalist economies across the world suggests that changes in the labour process are closely linked to highly demarcated differentiations in the labour force ; socially constructed identities that describe the division of labour , differential incorporation into the economy tied to cultural ( ideological ) constructions of gender , skill , age and race .
25 The jewel in the Cobra 's head has its counterpart in Australian Aboriginal folklore in the form of the quartz crystal which enshrines the colours and essence of the rainbow , and the Rainbow Serpent of Australian mythology is closely related to the Indian Spectacled Cobra in terms of its role as both a fertility symbol and a symbol of higher consciousness .
26 The capacity for this use of imagination is closely related to attitudes of mind .
27 The photoelectron spectrum of a molecule is closely related to the set of occupied valence orbitals .
28 The roots of Habermas 's concept of lifeworld clearly lie with the phenomenology of Schutz and Berger and Luckmann ( see Chapter 3 ) but his concept is closely related to a theory of social systems that includes the institutional structure of society .
29 In the case of the other three functions , it will be argued that it is difficult to see how they could be treated as separate : for example , the placement of tonic stress is closely linked to the presentation of ‘ new ’ information , while the question/statement distinction and the indication of contrast seem to be equally important in grammar and discourse .
30 The learning abilities of the sheepdog are closely related to its ancestry .
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