In a sense

A large part of duty-doing is drudgery. There is drudgery in every department of life's workdrudgery that is indispensable to success in that work. […] But there is such a thing as ennobling drudgery, as making and counting it an essential part of that which is noble and–in a sense–divine.

In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.

In a sense, Superman's romance with Lois Lane was a subplot and [...]

This is not a historical novel yet it is in a sense historical and contained within this book is a true story of how America was financed.