Sentence examples for something of a boon from inspiring English sources

Which makes old age something of a boon.

For some overworked US TV producers, however, the new policy represents something of a boon.

If anything, the recent troubled economic times have been something of a boon to the area.

In that respect, a lower euro   — which could help European companies to compete overseas   —  would be something of a boon.

Ikram Goldman, the owner of Ikram, a clothing store on Chicago's Gold Coast, called June's gloom something of a boon.

So the solar-powered television of Mahbub Elahi, a farmer, is something of a boon in a community with few diversions.

While it's not hard to imagine a future in which comprehensive health care reform becomes something of a political boon for Democrats, we're rather far off – and now further off – from that point.

When combined with the lack of public information surrounding the relationship among the city, Fortress and Millennium Development, which is developing the village, the situation has been something of a political boon for Gregor Robertson, the leader of Vision Vancouver, a left-center political party, and one of the potential successors to Mr. Sullivan, who is not running for re-election.

So it might come as something of a surprise to see Mills & Boon apparently trying to stake a claim in the feminist literature market with a new series, called Modern Girl's Guides.

Not needing a visa was a bit of a boon.

Yet hedge funds have been far more of a boon to financial markets than a bane.