Sentence examples for something of a broken from inspiring English sources

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

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

Sneijder, one of the outstanding performers in the last World Cup and long seen as the potential rescuer of Manchester United's midfield, is also supposed to be something of a broken force but he too made something of a joke of claims that he is no longer one of the game's most influential figures.

To his detractors the Israeli prime minister is something of a broken record on the subject, who does not see the issue any more clearly than anyone else and who is hindering rather than helping international efforts to find a way of dealing with Iran.

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

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

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.

Still, after Mr. Obama got passage of sweeping economic stimulus, health care and financial regulation measures with virtually no Republican support, this represents something of a break, and centrists and Republicans saw hope for a more collaborative two years.

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.