Their links with politicians are sometimes open.
All their links with the US were strong.
They seem only partially "abroad", unable to cut their links with home.
It "sat in their souls, their guts... their links with it were unbreakable".
The governments of Kirgizstan and Tajikistan are keen to strengthen their links with booming China.
Some dioceses, especially in Africa, will break, or downgrade, their links with the North American Anglicans.
German-Americans will barely notice, few of them emphasise their links with the Fatherland.
The Government hopes the children will maintain their links with the clubs after they leave school.
First, their links with specialised businesses are not easily emulated by outsiders or replicated online.
Left-of-centre governments, many of them explicitly cherishing their links with Cuba, now outnumber right-of-centre administrations.
The commercial damage to the supermodel escalated when Chanel and Burberry announced they would sever their links with Moss.
