Others think a disgruntled city employee wanted a rather indirect form of revenge.

As above, the indirect forms also function as the genitive.

Still, the approval came with conditions that critics portrayed as an indirect form of protectionism.

Additionally, contractorization has been used as an indirect form of union-busting.

Seldom has such an elusive and indirect artistic form as fiction been required to serve so many urgent needs at once.

But it insisted no final decision had been made on such a tax, which is an indirect form of sales tax paid by businesses.

To that question, and to every other direct and indirect form of approach, the colonies sent the same reply: nothing.

The court has consistently upheld the law's limits on contributions, which it viewed as a weaker, more indirect form of speech.

Thirdly, you have said a lot about duty-free sales being an indirect form of support.

This church is a unique indirect form of Romano-Gothic style.