be allied to
Example Sentences
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“They came to raid the cattle. They seemed to be allied to the government,” she tells me.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2016
With Chivas lacking a spark in the final third, the gamble Robin Fraser has taken is that Agudelo's inventiveness can be allied to application.
From The Guardian • May 21, 2012
That craftmanship must be allied to innate gifts in pattern recognition, says Quentin Luke, a botanist affiliated with the East African Herbarium in Nairobi.
From Nature • Apr. 25, 2012
"Obviously, it has to be allied to great products and a great experience, and Apple has nurtured that."
From Reuters • May 9, 2011
There are passages in this letter which, 294 I think, prove Pope to be the projector of it: his family is here said to be allied to Lord Downe’s; his father is called a merchant.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac