Collocations for self-evident - adj.
VERBS
appear, be, seem | become
ADV.
by no means
These truths were by no means self-evident when Galileo first suggested them.
These truths were by no means self-evident when Galileo first suggested them.
almost | largely | fairly
PREP.
to
It was self-evident to her that anything so wonderful could not have evolved accidentally.
It was self-evident to her that anything so wonderful could not have evolved accidentally.