Example sentences of "closely [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When dye ( or smoke ) has been introduced far upstream within the turbulent region , the boundary of the dyed region closely approximates to the boundary of the turbulent region . |
| 2 | This closely corresponds to the wording of Robertson 's order the previous day referring to " all surrendered personnel of established Yugoslav nationality who were serving in German forces " . |
| 3 | Medicine men , tribal initiates or ‘ clever men , are also closely connected to the snake . |
| 4 | GSR as a measure can , of course , be criticised for the fact that it is known to be closely related to the subject 's expectancies and preparations for action . |
| 5 | Sixteen of our 18 patients had combined reflux ( reflux occurring in upright and supine positions ) , a pattern that is closely related to the development of oesophagitis . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On closer examination , however , it was immediately clear that Franco did not trust the Falangists in the areas most closely related to the exercise of real power ( i.e. to the control of the force of arms ) : all three defence Ministries were in the hands of military men well known for anti-Falangist political sympathies . |
| 8 | The third major tendency in twentieth-century politics to be considered here is the growth of the socialist movement , which has been closely related to the progress of democracy . |
| 9 | Social class is also closely related to the incidence of divorce . |
| 10 | His argument has relevance for any set of historical circumstances , including the present day , in that it suggests that relationships between young adults and their parents , including patterns of reciprocal exchange between them , are closely related to the capacity of young people to earn a wage . |
| 11 | Free volume is an ill-defined but useful concept closely related to the hole theory of liquids . |
| 12 | Themes very closely related to the idea of ‘ locality ’ have been employed to bring us up to an account of region . |
| 13 | Dense summer acid hazes are now experienced over extensive areas of rural southern Britain , being closely related to the advection of polluted continental air masses ( Barnes and Lee , 1978 ; Lee , 1983a , 1983b , 1988 ) . |
| 14 | The objectives of our development assistance policy are closely related to the convention on the rights of the child . |
| 15 | The group-theoretic result of Golod ( 1964 ) is a consequence of joint work with Shafarevich ( also 1964 ) in which was solved affirmatively an old problem of field theory closely related to the work described here in Sections 3.6 , 3.7 and 3.9 ( see [ 43 , p. 125 ] for brief details ) . |
| 16 | This expansion was closely related to the degree of telecommunications deregulation . |
| 17 | This difference can not be attributed to more enlightened guessing when subjects knew the title because recall of words closely related to the title and of words not closely related to the title was equally improved . |
| 18 | This difference can not be attributed to more enlightened guessing when subjects knew the title because recall of words closely related to the title and of words not closely related to the title was equally improved . |
| 19 | The domestic Ferret , used for catching rabbits , is closely related to the Polecat , which indeed may be its wild ancestor . |
| 20 | The operation of this social process of exclusion from the formal economy ( called retirement ) has been closely related to the organisation of production and the demand for labour . |
| 21 | Rather is it more closely related to the problem of alien priories . |
| 22 | This paradox about being able to predict one 's actions is closely related to the problem I mentioned earlier : Will the ultimate theory determine that we come to the right conclusions about the ultimate theory ? |
| 23 | These enormous structures vary with age and are closely related to the dominance of their owners in the hierarchy . |
| 24 | Many such enquiries are closely related to the expertise and official activities of the RBG staff member(s) concerned , and hence often benefit such activities in providing extra data , background ( ‘ grapevine ’ ) information , and in widening contacts that can be potentially exploited in the future . |
| 25 | Every syllable is said on some pitch ; pitch in speech is closely related to the frequency of vibration of the vocal folds and to the musical notion of low- and high-pitched notes . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | This is closely related to the history of the town centre development . |
| 28 | Man is rational ; and they tended to see the one capacity as closely related to the other . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A feature closely related to the celebration of variety referred to above is Roger 's scepticism towards any attempt to systematize the operation of the unit The identification and espousal of appropriate regulations and procedures is considered to be an illusory goal . |