Far from describing it all from an Anglocentric point of view, Mr Zamoyski has the British appear as somewhat detached from the proceedings.
But because he was only an infant when the dynasty ended, he may have felt somewhat detached from his imperial identity, free to acknowledge or deny it.
At the Treasury, which stands somewhat detached from the day-to-day bustle of many other departments, that approach may have worked.
His understated characterization is one of an old man resigned to his fate and somewhat detached from the energy exuded by Mr. Klugman; he doesn't seem all that interested in doing battle again.
The White House has let House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, take the lead so far in pushing the bill — and in drawing fire from Republicans, allowing Mr. Obama to remain at least somewhat detached from the partisan wrangling.
Without contextualisation linguistic knowledge can be seen as somewhat detached from the realities of the classroom.
