Let us imagine that each molecule of a magnetic substance is a tiny magnet in itself.
These two features alone do not provide an adequate description of ...
The average result has little value by itself.
Catalysis is so important that the chemist considers it a subject by itself.
The rays are not in themselves colour making.
Each of the density ranges is quite broad in itself.
Isotope sources are not competitors of machines per se.
The large clouds and large globules will probably collapse on their own under the force of their own gravitation.
Each processing element of the computer is a powerful computing unit in its own right.
Chronological age on its own is not a contra-indication to surgical intervention.
The silicate framework is electrically neutral and can exist by itself.
The molten material did not burst out on (or of) its own accord.
This explanation is correct as far as it goes, but it is hardly satisfying.
None of these phenomena would seem by itself to be a convincing cause of the reptilian extinctions.
Taken alone, this shift is insufficient for describing ...
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика. Михаил Циммерман, Клавдия Веденеева. 2003.