Sentence examples for something of a disadvantage from inspiring English sources

The defense lawyers will begin at something of a disadvantage.

"Being on a back road" — Bergen Avenue, north of Main Road (Route 25) — "is something of a disadvantage".

Even more remarkable is that Tanaka is excelling during a season in which pitchers are at something of a disadvantage in Japan.

This puts "Years of Red Dust" at something of a disadvantage because many of the stories Qiu tells are already quite familiar in the West.

If they can't, who can? NC Sunny, you clearly have never been to the festival, so are arguing at something of a disadvantage.

Skype does have a Facebook app, it should be noted, but it is at something of a disadvantage being listed on Skype's site rather than on Facebook itself.

"It gets to 1'o'clock and all these tourists look at each other and say, 'Where do we go?'" Compared to the rest of Europe, Alan points out, this again puts Britain at something of an unnecessary disadvantage.

Because of his history and personal idiosyncrasies, Mr. Jackson is at something of a public relations disadvantage.

It's funny how we could become so thoroughly convinced of something when that something is such a disadvantage to us while simultaneously being such a great advantage to the corporate ruling class promulgating it.

"I took something that was a disadvantage and made it into an advantage".

The publication Engineering Record, concerned about darkened streets and the burden on public transportation, editorialized in 1910: "Just why such a tall structure is considered desirable is something of a mystery, and it has manifest disadvantages to the city".