Amazon also has a couple of natural ties to the city. (baltimoresun.com)
But when I read the paragraph I just quoted, and set it over against what you write in the memoir about several important natural ties, I must judge the paragraph to be inadequate to «life's complexities.» (firstthings.com)
Michael Howard set up the Conservative Muslim Forum in 2005, claiming that «there are many natural ties of friendship, common outlook and values that the Muslim community and the Conservative party share». (theguardian.com)