Sentence examples for something of a battle from inspiring English sources

Pulling the vending machines out of schools has long been something of a battle cry for parents concerned with childhood obesity.

The Urasawa case has become something of a battle cry among the overwhelmingly immigrant work force in hundreds of kitchens here.

But having boards agree to go after pay that was not in fact earned is, oddly, still something of a battle.

In hiring Ms. Fuller, who will start next week, Wenner is setting up something of a battle between two women who have found inordinate success at the newsstand.

The decision has led to something of a battle royal between landlords, who are pushing for the case to be reargued — a judge will decide in the coming days — and tenant advocacy groups.

Something of a battle is shaping up for the lead actress Tony, with Lily Rabe ("The Merchant of Venice"), and Frances McDormand ("Good People") widely seen as locks for nominations, and Nina Arianda ("Born Yesterday"), each making a compelling case for nods.

That judgment may have been sly — the woman looks to be something of a battle-axe — but the composition is majestic, and Picasso never parted with it.

This practice triggered something of a turf battle with the University of Denver's medical school and the subsequent legal battle went to the state Supreme Court.

The election of a chairman will also serve as something of a proxy battle over the next steps for the party, with the Republican establishment facing new challenges with the rise of the Tea Party movement.

She was engaged in the scientific fight to gain the time, resources and knowledge to take unproven methods and make them work, and she was waging something of a guerrilla battle along with a small band of other senior women in science against sex discrimination at M.I.T.

The contest has turned into something of a proxy battle between the party's more progressive, populist wing and its more business-friendly establishment.