Or if not a 'pop star' in the conventional sense, then certainly a pop personality, a player beyond the mixing desk.

He was not a strong leader in the conventional sense, and lacked a compelling political agenda.

It's an armed robbery but not in the conventional sense most people would recognise.

They are not governed in the conventional sense of a proper surgical setting.

There is no effective opposition in Britain in the conventional sense, let alone an alternative government waiting in the wings.