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
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
To help make this happen, they'd "create a fake insider persona and generate communications" with Change to Win, a labour group the firm theorised might be allied to Chamber Watch.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2011
To be allied to power, permanent, if possible, in its character and splendid in its appendages, is one of the strongest passions which wealth inspires.
From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Van Buren, Martin