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The architect said, "Let's work through this," and praised their vision -- the contours of the double-pitched roof, the proportions of the lanai, the privacy fences, the way each room was selfcontained, the kitchen as a family focal point.

Beard 2010

I know I know - technically Lock Lamora is also series, but these books are more selfcontained, so in that case a wait of a year or two is not as big a problem as in GRRM's series.

Do you ever have trouble deciding what to read next? Jeff C 2009

Magnus stories were like Law and Order episodes, largely selfcontained but not entirely.

How to contribute Zen Tiger 2008

Also, a selfcontained process is more likely to explain our PT, all else equal.

Potentially Habitable Planet Found - The Panda's Thumb 2007

But, temporal or spatial, the esthetic image is first luminously apprehended as selfbounded and selfcontained upon the immeasurable background of space or time which is not it.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2003

The starship Enterprise is a selfcontained world in which instant communication and information are available.

Thinking in the Future Tense A WORKOUT FOR THE MlND 2003

For while of all shapes the sphere is the most convenient for movement in one place, making possible, as it does, the swiftest and most selfcontained motion, for forward movement it is the most unsuitable, least of all resembling shapes which are self-moved, in that it has no dependent or projecting part, as a rectilinear figure has, and is in fact as far as possible removed in shape from ambulatory bodies.

On the Heavens 2002

He visualized Stone Oak as a community that would be selfcontained, with homes, schools, churches, shopping areas, business complexes, and medical care—all built on the hilly, craggy landscape where trees would remain lush and the San Antonio River would nourish the earth.

Every Breath You Take Ann Rule 2000

A starship was selfcontained and alone—there was no place else to run.

The Vulcan Academy Murders Jean Lorrah 2000

But this one was definitely in the power circuitry programming, perhaps less complex than the stasis programming, but not selfcontained.

The Vulcan Academy Murders Jean Lorrah 2000