natural corollary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandcorollary
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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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corollary
noun[C]
uk/kəˈrɒl.ər.i/us/ˈkɔːr.ə.ler.i/
something that results from ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandcorollaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofnatural corollary
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Indeed, pitched battle was shunned, for itsnaturalcorollaryof heavy casualties demoralized the followers of any leader who employed such tactics.
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Thenaturalcorollaryis that these melodies were designed to be reproduced exactly and not subjected to annual 'reimprovisation'.
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Land settlement was anaturalcorollaryto the policy of commodity diversification and development.
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To extend the student loans scheme, which would be thenaturalcorollary, would cost another £8 million a year initially.
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This would be anaturalcorollaryfor that set of circumstances.
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Secondly, we are concerned because, as these are areas of high unemployment, the almostnaturalcorollaryis that they are areas of low pay.
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When my fellows and myself worked for seven years in the coach-building industry, thenaturalcorollarywas that we joined our craft guild.
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I disagree with thenaturalcorollaryof that suggestion—that business should be automatically timetabled.
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That, you will see, is thenaturalcorollaryof the first three points.
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We must recognise that thenaturalcorollarywould be a four-year course.
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Does he agree that we should encourage these imports as anaturalcorollaryto our expanding exports?
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That may follow as anaturalcorollarywhen we get some confidence in the country.
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I pass from that to anaturalcorollary—the question of decentralisation.
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It is anaturalcorollaryof the statutory obligation to publish a definitive footpath map that it should be available for sale to the public.
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Thenaturalcorollaryof the lifting of rateable values should be the reduction of the rate in the £.
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The one is thenaturalcorollaryof the other.
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Is it not anaturalcorollaryof a proposal of this kind that meat should be rationed?
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That is anaturalcorollaryof that theory.
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Thenaturalcorollaryis that the amount of maintenance needed on freight wagons will be smaller too.
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It is anaturalcorollarythat the future conditions of service must be considered with this object in mind.
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