Sentence examples for was closely akin from inspiring English sources

The structural direction of his own work was closely akin to the aim of the Bauhaus: a synthesis of art, science, and technology.

There was nothing inherently private about the photograph - it was closely akin to "popping out to buy a pint of milk", the express exception identified by Baroness Hale.

The Regulus, which was closely akin to the Matador (having the same engine and roughly the same configuration), became operational in 1955 as a subsonic missile launched from both submarines and surface vessels, carrying a 3.8-megaton warhead.

It also showed that a monotheistic, prophetic religion that in all relevant essentials, including adherence to a basic religious law, was closely akin to Judaism could be the basis of a culture in which science, philosophy, and theology were an indispensable part.

The second and third letters are closely akin to the first in language and ideas.

Issues presented by this suit, even though raised by a state, are closely akin to private wrongs.

We are closely akin to a whole continuum of other life forms, out of which we have evolved.

Israeli apartheid is closely akin to South African apartheid - one enforcing segregation and discrimination in law between "Jews" and "non-Jews", one between "Whites" and "non-Whites".

Perching ducks are closely akin to dabbling ducks, which they resemble in feeding habits and, in some species, courtship behaviour; in other respects they are like shelducks.

This is closely akin to the notion that neither the First Amendment nor any other provision of the Bill of Rights should be enforced unless the Court believes it is reasonable to do so.

The third proposition has, however, had a wide influence, since, unlike the second proposition, it is closely akin to (rather than antagonistic toward) the theory of aesthetics, in that it regards all the visual arts as generically related.