Example sentences of "as a natural " in BNC.

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1 Instead they see low concentrations of magnesium as a natural phenomenon exacerbated by air pollution .
2 This enlightened approach came as a natural product of Roddick 's values and her philosophy of life .
3 Kington comes across as a natural traveller , just as Colin Thubron did in the Silk Road programme in David Wallace 's series .
4 First , we will see prayer as a natural way of talking with God .
5 However , it commonly occurs as a natural alloy with silver , and methods were therefore developed to purify the gold .
6 A provoked loss of self-control could fall within this new doctrine — as , indeed , could losses of self-control stemming from non-human sources such as a natural disaster or financial ruin .
7 He took charge of things then as a natural duty but also , it seemed , with an effort .
8 It is harder to recognize the vertebrates as a natural group , and harder still for the molluscs ( snails , clams , squids ) , because the similarity is of basic anatomy , and there are vast differences in shape and habits .
9 Bad weather dashed hopes of attempts to halt the flow during what was seen as a natural lull in the lava 's momentum .
10 As a natural corollary of this initiative , extra-mural departments were permitted to provide courses at standards lower , and of shorter duration , than under the 1924 Regulations .
11 The establishment of the Cambridge Board 's Rural Areas Committee in 1932 to facilitate its extended role in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire may be interpreted as a natural development of the UEMCC 's 1926 stance and officially endorsed by the 1932 Adult Education Regulations through the provisions for the appointment of Article 11 resident tutors in rural areas .
12 The deconstruction of narrative as a natural or unproblematic activity was to be amplified by several other literary theorists .
13 This also acts as a natural ‘ barrier ’ between pure Fitch space and tenant-occupied areas .
14 How would hill-walkers cope these days , I wonder , if they had to contend with predatory wildlife as a natural part of mountaineering ?
15 The polling factor probably arose as a natural mutation which local farmers selected for preference in due course , as they did later with the Aberdeen Angus .
16 Clearly they all function with the agreement of their management committees and funders , and within NACAB membership conditions , In fact NACAB has democratically voted its support for a broadening of roles , by reiterating in the new membership regulations the responsibility of the management committee for ensuring that bureau workers are trained in social policy work , and that they see it as a natural complement to bureau work when dealing with individual clients .
17 Looking to the future , this conflict should cease to arise ; race-awareness training is now integrated into basic training , where it sits as a natural part of discussions on impartiality and prejudice during the interviewing process and should have the benefits that CAB anti-racist policy intends .
18 Borrowing is looked upon as a natural part of everyday life so long as it is kept within bounds .
19 Guar is cheap and plentiful and is already used in some foods as a natural stabiliser .
20 The subsequent discovery of the endorphins and encephalins , hormones in the brain that act like morphine and so act as a natural analgesic , and their implication in the action of acupuncture , provided further theoretical explanation for its efficacy .
21 As a natural ecosystem the bay is astonishingly complex : its waters , some fresh and some saline , some warm and some cold , mix to provide an ephemeral backdrop whose characterisation would challenge the most sophisticated computer .
22 Although serious research on the subject of mobbing did not begin until around the time of the Second World War , it has been known as a natural phenomenon for over 2,500 years .
23 The traditional peoples in the world today , such as the Australian aborigines , are profoundly and naturally psychic and it is at least reasonable therefore to speculate that the ancient peoples were similarly sensitive , and would have been aware of earth energies as a natural part of their environment .
24 He did it automatically when the girl attacked the man who 'd been fighting with her father , recognizing it as a natural reaction to shock and grief .
25 Errol Flynn , the swashbuckling hero of Hollywood adventures in the 1930s and 1940s , started life as a natural tearaway , leaving home at an early age to become a sailor cruising the southern oceans in a variety of employments .
26 They only cover up the ‘ caveman ’ body smells which act as a natural stimulant , says chemist Dr David Kelly .
27 McGoldrick said : ‘ I play where I 'm told , but I do not class myself as a natural winger .
28 The other legitimate reason for panning is to relate one part of the scene to another , a situation which can arise as a natural part of the action in this day on the beach sequence .
29 There is a tendency these days , and in some places , to suppose that systemic knowledge will be acquired as a natural corollary to communicative activities .
30 Now if the intention is to elicit authentic behaviour corresponding to that of the natural language user , then learners need to be primed with purpose before they are required to give evidence of understanding , and indeed the evidence itself has to be of the kind which would emerge as a natural outcome .
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