• The nature of the swivel is difficult to imagine (or perceive).

• The extent of the application of electricity can hardly be conceived.

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• 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 ...