Sentence examples for was something of a competition from inspiring English sources

His principal adversaries then were his rivals in the Republican primary, and there was something of a competition going on to demonize Obama and Clinton.

As if to provide a counterpoint to stories like Mrs. Wright's and Miss West's more stately panegyric in the Herald Tribune, there was something of a competition among the papers in applying to the wedding story what might be called the common touch, which in some instances could hardly have been commoner.

The first competition, in 1967, was something of a lark, pitting a hotel cook from Dallas — Wick Fowler — against a humorist from New York — H. Allen Smith.

In fact, the competition to call the races in the early hours of the coverage was something of a yawn.

Folk song the Beggar's Litany asks that "from Hull, Hell and Halifax, good Lord deliver us", and indeed, the city was something of an outsider in the competition.

Italy was something of an underdog in the competition to host the SKA HQ, which began last year with an invitation to bid.

There is something of a Scrooge nominating competition in the capital city, where the spirit of Osama threatens to trump Santa's cheer.

At its highest levels, the French consider ocean racing to be something of a cross between a sporting competition, a grand adventure and a spiritual quest.

For I.B.M., the current competition is something of a second chance.

I have the impression that ever since that competition, global football is something of a trauma in his young mind.

The latter team has no non-recurring costs to include in its bid price, and the T-X competition appears to be something of a price shootout.