natural inclination

collocation in English

meaningsofnaturalandinclination

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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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inclination
noun
uk
/ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.kləˈneɪ.ʃən/
a feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandinclinationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnatural inclination

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Where authority is legitimate, it is both a simple duty and anaturalinclinationto acquiesce in it.
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Reclusive, with anaturalinclinationto string-pulling behind the scenes he, nevertheless, occasionally forayed into the world of civic duty.
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Where disputes arise, the average biographer has anaturalinclinationto give his or her subject the benefit of every possible doubt.
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In other words, thought is not ournaturalinclination.
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That, added to thenaturalinclinationto consider the human aspects of this matter, should ensure that the matter is pressed forward.
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It is not mynaturalinclinationto have organisations funded in that way.
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Mynaturalinclinationis to be a libertarian.
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She would not do that maliciously, but would do it out ofnaturalinclination.
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I would say straight away that mynaturalinclinationwould be to let a parish council put a bus shelter wherever it wanted to.
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On these occasions, when one is talking of services like this, onesnaturalinclinationis to talk of men by name.
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At that time many of us said and did things which were against ournaturalinclination.
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There are 4,000 troops on the islands and thenaturalinclinationof the islanders is to look for economic activity based on that potential market.
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I have thought hard about the matter with my advisers to see whether we could combine the two because that was mynaturalinclination.
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A compellingnaturalinclinationis generated to search for tax-free revenue in all classes of society.
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Thenaturalinclinationis to pay that reasonable dividend before putting anything into reserve.
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Theirnaturalinclinationis not to push on and not to run risks.
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I have done my best in spite of anaturalinclinationto the contrary, to refrain from interrupting other speakers.
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I have spoken of thenaturalinclinationof the great majority of our kind towards a little more money in the pocket to burn.
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Theirnaturalinclination, like mine, is to ensure that their establishment stays where it is.
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Thenaturalinclinationof many of us would be make our points on the amendments and then let the motion proceed.
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