| Each story was a report, essentially a series of gags, rather than a story with its own comic jet propulsion. |
| He was essentially a middle-class radical rather than a champion of the working-class claim to representation in parliament. |
| Whether the phenomena of karyokinesis are essentially chemical or not remains to be determined by further investigations. |
| Indeed, so far as the Masters is concerned, the rankings appear to be essentially meaningless. |
| She's clearly an intelligent woman, quick-witted and self-effacing, so doesn't she worry that her job is essentially stupid? |
| In the past, heavy, complicated jigs clamped panels and essentially surrounded the vehicle frame as it was welded together. |
