Example sentences of "either [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , it is not arbitrary that the wolf and dog are closer to one another than either is to the cat , but it is to some extent arbitrary whether one recognizes some given degree of similarity by placing two species in the same genus , or in the same family . |
| 2 | It is therefore quite possible that two cells in a daughter will be more distant relatives of one another than either is to cells in the parent plant . |
| 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 . |