Sentence examples for something of a break from inspiring English sources

Even before his appointment, Sir John, 55, seemed to offer something of a break with tradition.

This is something of a break with tradition, since Presidential candidates typically take Election Day off.

Her decision to keep her surname is something of a break with family tradition.

"Even expensing, you still get something of a break compared with other forms of compensation," he said.

The move would represent something of a break with the era of John J. Mack, Morgan Stanley's chairman, who pushed the bank into areas like hedge funds.

It's not too fanciful a notion: after something of a break from lead roles in the cinema, Mulligan is about to return with an attention-grabbing double header.

Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland was also something of a break-up album, its title track mapping a journey made to Elvis Presley's former home in the wake of a separation: "Losing love," he sings, "is like a window in your heart/ Everybody sees you're blown apart/ Everybody feels the wind blow".

He opened the scoring at 4 minutes 44 seconds of the first period on something of a broken play.

Yet something of a breaking point might have been reached in recent weeks with the back-to-back freeway shutdown and the royal visit, coming after what seemed like an endless buzz from aerial police chases, with their powerful spotlights (known as night suns) flooding backyards, and paparazzi hovering over the Sherman Oaks home of Charlie Sheen one weekend and of Paris Hilton the next.

Given that, passing the USA FREEDOM Act in the Senate could be something of a break-or-win moment.

Since Pandora's IPO a year ago, the online audio story has been something of a broken record.