Sentence examples for required something of a from inspiring English sources

For Lynch, the season required something of a high-wire act.

The current concerns about the state of the planet, he said, required something of a paradigm shift for economics.

With its daydream sequences, slapstick humor and recurring jokes, the show has always required something of a learning curve from its viewers.

It also required something of a lighter touch than I'm used to; I tend to rest most of the weight of my hand on my mouse, apparently favoring the left side, since the Lexip tended to activate the "left" gesture now and then (certainly my fault and not a bug, just saying).

It ran from 1969 to 1985, and was part of a project by the president of the university at the time, Martin Meyerson,to transform the Buffalo campus into the "Berkeley of the East," a quest for prestige and higher enrollments that required something of an image change for a university in a freezing steel town suffering the effects of a long economic decline.

It requires something of a leap of imagination to summon the Costa del Sol.

This is a recipe that requires something of a run-up.

All of his replacements are valid candidates but they all would require something of a change in style.

It might also require something of a shift in what people expect their houses to look like.

Maybe that's what the director was thinking with the theatrical climax that concludes the play, which, without giving away the ending, requires something of a special effect.

Those are big numbers, but getting from today's low sales figures to that 6 million will require something of a leap of faith.