Example sentences of "[noun] to [be] a natural " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps surprisingly , neither of these is necessary for an industry to be a natural monopoly at some output levels , though the average cost curve must certainly have a falling portion .
2 Such stress inoculation in the form of graded exposure to increasing levels of stress is believed by Epstein to be a natural healing process of the mind .
3 It was clearly his national eminence , rather than any claim to be a natural arbiter of local affairs , which made his lordship attractive .
4 It was clearly his national eminence , rather than any claim to be a natural arbiter of local affairs , which made his lordship attractive .
5 This ‘ school ’ was set against that of Jovellanos whose laissez-faire individualism held property to be a natural right with the market as the regulator of the economic relationships between men .
6 One reason for organising the 5 October 1968 march in Derry was that NICRA had always considered the city to be a natural focus for its attempts to raise the question of civil rights , but the demonstration was not the first attempt to organise around the issue in Derry .
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