Sentence examples for something of a safety from inspiring English sources

Education has also been something of a safety net for Hobbs.

"One of the premises of 'Mad Men' is that the behavior on the show is something of a safety valve.

And planning a tour of China gives you something of a safety net if your tickets don't come through.

Annabel Pitcher, author of Ketchup Clouds (and the upcoming Silence is Goldfish) My "to read" list has become something of a safety hazard, teetering as it does on my bedside table, dangerously close to toppling onto my head.

But it also offered Mr. Bush an opportunity both to be heard over the din of questions about the Clinton pardons and to test his dexterity in front of scores of reporters with something of a safety net beneath him.

The situation hasn't forced things to come to that, but if Google ever starts giving Motorola preferential treatment with Android, Samsung will have something of a safety net built up.

She comes from something of a safety-obsessed family.

BBC News age and disability correspondent Geoff Adams-Spink said the fund had been something of a safety-valve for local authorities faced with supporting severely disabled people, as it picked up the extra cost of care over and above a certain limit.

The incident galvanized Ms. Armstrong, turning her into something of a food-safety activist.

So what China offers now is workers with short tenure and negligible benefits (as well as something of a free social safety net in the form of all the relatively young, physically fit grandparents who move in with their children to care for their grandchildren).

"There has been something of a flight to safety.