I have a sentence that starts with それに伴い which I'm trying to translate. I'm
assuming that it's a more polite version of それに伴って. My best guess for the
meaning would be "With regard to (a previous subject)" or "In relation to (a
previous subject)".

Could anyone give the best way to say this in English with some example
sentences.
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What does それに伴い at the start of a sentence mean?
I thought a few examples would be nice to get a feeling of when and how to use
"~に伴い" so here they are:

1) (taken from
[here](http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%AE%8C%E5%85%A8%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC2%E7%B4%9A-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E8%83%BD%E5%8A%9B%E8%A9%A6%E9%A8%93%E6%96%87%E6%B3%95%E5%95%8F%E9%A1%8C%E5%AF%BE%E7%AD%96-%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E5%8D%94%E4%BC%9A%E7%95%99%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9/dp/4883190889/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1337015282&sr=8-2),
page 6):

円高に伴い、来日する外国人旅行者が少なくなった。

Because of the strength of the yen the number of foreigners visiting Japan has
decreased.

2) (taken from
[here](http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81%E5%95%8F%E9%A1%8C%E9%9B%86-2%E7%B4%9A%E6%96%87%E6%B3%95%E7%B7%A8-%E4%BD%90%E3%80%85%E6%9C%A8-%E4%BB%81%E5%AD%90/dp/4872176154/ref=sr_1_fkmr3_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337015900&sr=8-1-fkmr3)、page
54):

人口の増加に伴い、資源の消費量も増える。

As the population increases so does the consumption of natural resources. (In
the book they translated it as "...of resources also increased." but I think
that's slightly off.)
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`それに伴い` is a more formal way of saying `それに伴って`. Changing て-form into 連用形 is
very common in formal Japanese.

伴う is used to show strong forward correlation, so `それに伴い` would be translated
as `Along with that, ….`
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