in itself

In addition, the results of the study suggest that sedentary work in itself is not necessarily harmful to blood pressure.

"In itself a strange place to keep your garden gnome," the force said.

Conflating neo-Nazis with protesters for Palestinian human rights is in itself problematic, but blurring the hard right’s direct connection to white nationalism with “let’s be fair to both sides” comments was inexcusable.

"Our model is fundamentally about coexistence and biodiversity. Understanding this is important in itself -- we humans have a desire to understand how nature works. However, such an understanding is also crucial for any management strategy for an endangered ecosystem. Also, we believe that our results contribute to ecology more generally because the mechanism for coexistence discovered in our model likely applies to systems other than seabirds," Rüffler concludes.

"It's more than 100 years old, so the fact it has survived is an incredible feat in itself," he said.