natural ally
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandally
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natural
adjective
uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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ally
noun[C]
uk/ˈæl.aɪ/us/ˈæl.aɪ/
a country that has agreed officially to give help and support to another one, especially during ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandallyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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After all, she is ournaturalally, who alone came across the oceans on two occasions when we were in need and fought beside us.
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The process of free scientific inquiry is thenaturalallyof the democratic spirit.
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That was implemented to bring the road transport industry to the position that it could ultimately be coordinated with itsnaturalally—the railways.
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I regret very much that, even now, many of our leading firms do not see the further education sector as anaturalallythat could make it more competitive.
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In telecom the natural allies of the operators were the equipment manufacturers.
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These interest groups find natural allies within government departments dealing with (public) health issues.
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His central theme is that they were not easy or natural allies.
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Scientists and accountants are not, in every respect, natural allies.
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My focus here is on movement conflicts with party insurgencies, where the two sides appear at first to be natural allies and their mutual difficulties are largely unexpected.
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I have heard it said that in many ways foresters and conservationists are natural allies.
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We are faced with a magnificent army of natural allies in this dark plot.
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They are the natural allies of the disease and sickness, which hospitals have to treat.
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We cannot play games with those vital interests or secure them in isolation from our natural allies.
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He was speaking to a sizeable group, some of whom previous experience might suggest to us would be his natural allies.
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What is it about these people that marked them out as our natural allies?
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They are natural allies in working towards the vision of wholesome rural life.
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Weak government is always unpopular, and it always loses its natural allies.
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Perhaps some of the exponents of it do not seem to be our natural allies, but the trend is strongly away from over-government and towards self-reliance.
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However, they are not natural allies.
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