Having one is still important, it seems, but not in the old sense of the phrase.

The Party is not a class in the old sense of the word.

Still worth having, in any old sense of the phrase.

Robinson is a teacher in an old, religious sense of the word.

Doesn't get above himself and talks good old common sense.

For the first time in days, he seemed to have his old sense of confidence back.

It wasn't just a game, but play in the older sense of the word.

That history in the older sense was an historical concept.

It isn't literally a book, in the old sense of the word.

But I did not give birth to him in the very old sense.