Example sentences of "be as closely [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , they 're as closely related as their hugely different roles in life allow , each dominating its niche with unanswerable conviction . |
| 2 | The point is that birds themselves are warm-blooded , like mammals , and if birds and dinosaurs are as closely related as now seems likely , then it obviously increases the likelihood that the dinosaurs themselves may have been warm-blooded . |
| 3 | The sums granted for this last purpose in 1993–94 will not be as closely earmarked as was the £15m specifically designated for books in 1991–92 and 1992–93 . |
| 4 | In consequence , the Royal Messiah and the Priest Messiah would have had to be as closely linked as possible — which they were in Maccabean times , for example , when both were members of the same family . |
| 5 | The whole structure which the Ministry controls and administers is as closely integrated as that of modern warships and high-performance aircraft . |