It had another clear benefit: it helped the hedgehog population to recover somewhat in the countryside.

Only in the 1950s did the textile industry recover somewhat.

Now the pound has recovered somewhat, providing another excuse for export weakness.

Markets may have recovered somewhat, but the so-called minerals super-cycle seems unlikely to resume any time soon.

Copper, though enduring its worst month in more than a year, recovered somewhat after renewed optimism about an economic recovery package.