Sentence examples for if a somewhat from inspiring English sources

It was a workmanlike performance by 24-year-old Gavin, if a somewhat uninspiring one.

Yet the rally in Hanoi, which hundreds attended, had the air of a festival, if a somewhat agitated one.

If a somewhat unusual preparation for president, the consensus was that it fit the current job description.

Since he took office, in 2003, Tong has become an ardent, if a somewhat involuntary, champion of environmentalism as he prepares for impending emergency.

They and their concept of the auteur had a permanent influence on world cinema, if a somewhat less revolutionary one than seemed likely at the time.

It's a bold interpretation – if a somewhat strange target to take aim at given the rather larger evils abroad in the Weimar era.

New York has recovered much of its swagger, if in a somewhat sanitized way.

You could be a somewhat sadist, if you'd like.

Israel, of course, is a democracy if a somewhat flawed one while its neighbors are mostly ruled by autocratic regimes, often comprised of just one family.

Until Mr. Gore mounted the stage, many Democrats and independents spoke of the vice president as if he were a kindly, if somewhat insufferable, uncle.

It's a unique program, a unique rise inside a unique – if somewhat controversial – setting.