"in some modes" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to indicate that you are referring to a subset of certain possibilities. For example: "In some modes of transportation, pollution is reduced."
So, I am quite happy to say that science could function as a religion, in some modes and in some societies, while at the same time functioning as science.
In some modes of speciation the first stage is achieved in a short period of time.
Experts on the 777 said that the auto-throttles will work in some modes but not others.
We give an overview of the contribution of dialysis to current analytical laboratories in order to assess its capabilities as a sensitive (in some modes) and, particularly, as a selective technique for isolating target compounds from complex samples.
In some "modes" (there are several), there is a way to "win," but according to Billy, beating the Ender dragon isn't that big of a deal.
The waveguide cutoff frequency is a function of transmission mode, so at a given frequency, the waveguide may be usable in some modes but not others.
It may be that the novel War and Peace is a universal, a thing that is in some mode present in each of the many tangible copies of the novel.
In nonstatistical motions, some modes are "hotter" than others; that is, their excess energy dissipates more slowly than it is used to catalyze the reaction of interest.
Like superstars from WWE, the superstars in the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw series season mode are involved in storylines that affect their career mode in some way.
Our data show that intensities of some modes (in particular at 1035 cm−1) grow much stronger with stretching than the others so this hypothesis appears to break down.
Remember that in some cases, mode O and mode A coexist.
