Sentence examples for were in itself from inspiring English sources

They all depict existing works by the artist, as if dealing with the plastic were in itself already challenge enough.

It possesses an unsentimental pragmatism that infuses the workings of the country as if it were in itself an ideology, he said.

Every sentence must begin with the thought-terminating words 'Speaking as a…' and it no longer matters what you think – far more important is what you are, as if this were in itself an achievement.

This is a narrative that runs in a straight line from the fascination with parenting classes (often prescribed for parents against whom there is no case but poverty – as if failing to be rich enough were in itself proof of inadequacy in this area) to the dark, usually – but not always – tacit suggestion that some people only have children in the first place for the child benefit.

"Even if preserving tradition were in itself an important goal, Doma is not a means to achieve it".

How the world is "in-itself" is for ever unknowable.

"Quarrying is in itself complex.

This was, in itself, harmless.

This result was in itself statistically improbable.

It's in itself a beautiful thing.

This is in itself surprising.