21.   Conspiracy theories result from the natural tendency of people to try to understand events beyond their control, according to academicians and experts.

22.   Even when the parties remain clear-headed enough to anticipate potential pitfalls, there is a natural tendency to avoid talking about them.

23.   Given his natural tendency to buck the system, Burton says he was as surprised as anyone that he made colonel after having been passed over twice.

24.   Habitat destruction and pollution, among other things, can overwhelm the natural tendency of a population to contract inward.

25.   He explained that the natural tendency is to reach out and slap the arm of the man who beats you off the dribble.

26.   Here, where the park is broadest, the natural tendency toward straight and flat has been overcome with sinuous paths and irregular, sloping meadows.

27.   Natural tendencies toward glitz, shallow display and brilliant loudness for its own sake have been reduced to a tough, sometimes overly tense approach to music making.

28.   Once someone is covered by an insurance policy there is a natural tendency for that person to take more risks.

29.   Parents have a natural tendency to protect their children from painful situations, she said.

30.   She has intellectualized this to the point where she has managed to suppress her natural tendency to root.