Sentence examples for something of a handicap from inspiring English sources

Professionally, his unusual appearance is something of a handicap, because it prevents him from doing his own polling.

The cable channels have the advantage of sticking with the story for hours on end, but that can also be something of a handicap.

They are of no interest to beef fatteners because they are genetically fit only for pumping out milk, something of a handicap for the male of the species.

Each is something of a handicap for an investment bank.Slamming together the two banks' businesses will probably push it to the top of the investment-banking tree in Britain.

She was also, it turned out, unable to toe the party line: if she happened to agree with the socialists, for example, she would simply vote with them – something of a handicap in a politician.

As jobs become increasingly scarce, more and more college graduates are working for free, at internships, which is great for employers but something of a handicap for a young man or woman who has to pay for food or a place to live.

The horse won the Liverpool Autumn Cup that year at Aintree and, the following May, landed something of a gamble by winning the Jubilee Handicap at Kempton Park.

In the polo world, players' levels of skill range from the lowest, called an A handicap, to the highest, a 10-goal handicap.

At Santa Anita, Sandy Hawley, the young Canadian who has been something of a hero with Los Angeles horseplayers, won the Palos Verdes Handicap, on… Tells about an accident during the running of the Display Handicap.

At Santa Anita, Sandy Hawley, the young Canadian who has been something of a hero with Los Angeles horseplayers, won the Palos Verdes Handicap, on opening day, the day after Christmas.

The New Yorker, January 9 , 1978P. 75 At Santa Anita, Sandy Hawley, the young Canadian who has been something of a hero with Los Angeles horseplayers, won the Palos Verdes Handicap, on opening day, the day after Christmas.