1.  The dispersal of plant seeds in the forests through natural means.

2.  I have caused an effect in you by natural means.

3.  Casualties from biological warfare will require the same type of treatment as those who have acquired the disease by natural means. . . .

4.  Farmers in the United States, as in other countries, now rely mostly on natural means of pollination.

5.  He says he does lose some birds to disease but that his losses are small because he keeps his flock healthy by natural means.

6.  Right now, Pulitzer is depending on more natural means of keeping face and figure intact.

7.  Running the river high in the spring to mimic, although hardly mirror, the natural flooding means towboats must burn more fuel pushing heavy loads upstream.

8.  The New York City Audubon Society, too, is experimenting with a natural means of controlling the mosquito population, erecting a dozen tree swallow houses last fall.

9.  The problem, water quality experts way, is that the worst beaches hug areas difficult to flush by tidal or other natural means.

10.  They have already demonstrated their commitment by having a fifth child, by natural means, in the hope that it would be a suitable donor for Zain.