Example sentences of "it [verb] natural " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the courts moved towards applying the collateral fact doctrine , and to that extent redetermining the constituent elements of certain of the conditions of jurisdiction , it became natural also to consider whether the evidence supported the existence of those collateral facts . |
| 2 | It incorporates natural ventilation and extensive measures to save energy , such as stone cladding and windows with solar shading , positioned to allow maximum light . |
| 3 | The Lugg is in general a silty river , although it has natural riffles of gravel where the crowfoot also occurs . |
| 4 | By assuming the political economic circumstances of this displacement as given , of course it seemed natural to the colonial administration that the condition of environmental deterioration was the fault of the cultivators themselves . |
| 5 | More field trips were demanded ; in the new climate in which life was at last prepared to be amenable to Richard 's desires , it seemed natural that Murray should supervise these expeditions . |
| 6 | One student had some ebony so it seemed natural to try a set of bagpipes . |
| 7 | She had known him less than a week , yet it seemed natural to turn to him . |
| 8 | JB : It seemed natural that two painters working in the same vicinity with the same painting outlooks should share a studio which we 've been doing now for , how long ? |
| 9 | The forces of federation and supranationalism were in disarray , and at the time it seemed natural to conclude that the whole momentum of European integration was lurching to a halt , in particular because the EDC debacle had opened up a rift between France and West Germany . |
| 10 | I had chosen these subjects specifically because I knew nothing about any of the four disciplines and because , having studied foreign languages at A Level , it seemed natural to develop my linguistic skills . |
| 11 | Creggan hesitated to tell her but she seemed different from other vagrants he had met and in the last few days a trust had developed between them , so it seemed natural to say . |
| 12 | ‘ Although it seemed natural to expect that some word match scores should be good enough that they could be considered correct , thereby eliminating attempts to find alternatives to them , in fact all attempts to implement such an intuition seemed to have led to at best indifferent results and usually to positive degradation . |
| 13 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 14 | But once established as individual musical personalities — ‘ it seemed natural for us to work together . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Aberdeen crematorium is well run and efficient and it seemed natural to open our doors and explain to the public exactly what goes on during this most important ceremony . ’ |
| 16 | They make it look natural . |
| 17 | It was a stupid thing to have done ; I 'd moved my head far too quickly for it to look natural , and the buck shot off up the bank . |
| 18 | There 's a long way to go before it sounds natural . ’ |
| 19 | This has its origin in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Japan realised it needed natural resources from overseas in order to industrialise effectively to compete with the West . |
| 20 | But first , something has to be said about consciousness and intentions , because in everyday life we interpret our own behaviour in these terms , and it seems natural to do the same for animals . |
| 21 | Certainly witches still have a tradition of performing rites at special places in the countryside and it seems natural for people to want to express their relationship with the Earth in the form of ritual at sites where they know the earth energy can be found . |
| 22 | In like manner , it seems natural to claim the moral right that promises will be kept , and for apologies to be due if they are not ; or the right to polite treatment , since they trade upon the legal parallels with contract , and assault and slander . |
| 23 | It seems natural to assert that the extent to which managers deviate from owners ' interests will depend upon the degree of scope available to them and the degree to which they are constrained . |
| 24 | Thus , it seems natural to love one 's children , to respect parents and to share a house with blood relations . |
| 25 | It seems natural to regard dishonestly keeping or dealing with the property as theft ( as it is now in the case of bailees ) . |
| 26 | It seems natural to assume that as in the twenty-first century more people live to be very old , more of them will necessarily make heavier demands on health and social services ; that people who die in their nineties experience a longer period of dependency and illness before death than those who die in their seventies . |
| 27 | Proper names are paradigm referential symbols , and it seems natural to look to them for clues . |
| 28 | Herta is so small that it seems natural to be quite strict with her . |
| 29 | On meeting her , it seems natural to want to sit at her feet . |
| 30 | Since the detrimental effects of many chemicals used within the environment are now only too well known , it seems natural that the National Trust , as a high-profile conservation body , should set a good example . |