by its own nature

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Offshore drilling by its own nature involves potentially catastrophic risks, namely small-probability events with enormous consequences.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2010

But the force of novelty is by its own nature soon at an end; the efficacy of outcry and perseverance is permanent and certain.

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

Nothing which consists of corporeal matter is absolutely light, but that is comparatively lighter which is rarer, either by its own nature, or by accidental heat.

From Kepler by Bryant, Walter W. (Walter William)

It will have an important influence on political and social relations; not indeed by its own nature, but as it were accidentally through the disposition of mankind.

From Kepler by Bryant, Walter W. (Walter William)

Fifthly; if the earth is moved in a circle, either it moves that way naturally or by force, either by its own nature or by the nature of another.

From The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe by Stimson, Dorothy