Sentence examples for a mere band from inspiring English sources

But for all his efforts, a growing number of political experts are saying the man who has in 10 years in power reduced a vicious and expanding Maoist guerrilla army to a mere band of marauders and a 7,500 percent annual inflation rate to single digits may not win an outright majority and avert a runoff.

"This injunction serves as a mere Band-Aid for the law's inherent problems, not an effective remedy".

But that's a mere Band-Aid when there are so many other anomalies and ambiguities in play, and Oscar's criteria are so muddy.

Here, they are a mere footnote.

For without Malcolm Young, AC have, in effect, lost their DC, the man that made them a true rock and roll – as distinct from a mere rock – band.

Yet the orchestra, led by its music director, Neeme Jarvi, was more than a mere backup band, playing substantial symphonies by Shostakovich and Arvo Part.

No mere band could upstage this sprinkling of one thousand islands and stony skerries nhabited by more sea eagles, seals, otters and whales than actual people right on top of the world.

No mere band could upstage this sprinkling of one thousand islands and stony skerries – inhabited by more sea eagles, seals, otters and whales than actual people – right on top of the world.

Rather than appreciating the band as a mere listener, "Rock Band" allows you to interact with The Beatles' music, giving you a more visceral sense of what made their songs great.

Press conferences and piecemeal attempts are mere Band-Aids for a major systemic problem.

In practice, this has obvious repercussions for so-called prevention efforts, which as a result of their focus on women, often amount to mere band-aid solutions.