The nature of the work meant she would be isolated for weeks, sometimes months at a time, often unable to get in touch with me.

His open nature means that many people are attracted to him, and he enjoys a good challenge.

The nature of the internet means businesses now have a truly global reach.

The nature of the game often means that there is more than one way to reach the objective.

The residual nature of liberty means that it can never fight back.

I'm sure nature didn't mean us to have to wait till we get into a bed!

It was just that nature had never quite meant him to utter sounds of this kind.

The obviously defensive nature of this structure could mean that these people were under attack fairly often.

But the nature of the Internet means that we cannot eliminate the risk.

Whether nature means it or not, that's the meaning we take.