Was it their close connection with people within the administration?

The People who live there have a very close connection to the land.

They form a close connection which forms the heart of the story.

By the end of their second year, even closer connections are made.

But his close connections to the oil and gas industry could hurt him.

"I want a closer connection between the medical school and the hospital," he said.

In the field, the close connection to criminal work has many benefits.

And there is a particularly close connection in the case we are considering.

Even today there is a more or less close connection between the school and the enterprise with the same name.

An examination of their family trees shows no such close connection.

The May brothers had a close connection with local football.

"It would have been harder to happen if we had that close connection."

With them, as relations, they most constantly keep a close connection through life.

Also there is a close connection between reason and emotion in other ways.

"Very likely not; but I can quickly show you a close connection.

His close connections with the little devils took care of that.

And, as with my boyfriend, there were some very close connections.

The school had close connections with the army, turned out many fine cadets.

The death of his second brother, however, destined him for a closer connection with the Church.

Through the war, jazz enjoyed a close connection with popular music.

The Web, of course, is host to just about everything these days, but there may also be another reason for its close connection with religion.

"We don't really know," said an aid worker with close connections to the government.

During the recent years after the war the university rose in national importance and always had a close connection with the bishop.

"I felt a closer connection to the birth," she said.

Some restaurants, however, have especially close connections to their surroundings.