Sentence examples for a mere dent from inspiring English sources
Some have downplayed the move, calling the $2bn in lost sales "a mere dent" in the company's $123bn in revenues.
At best, even the combination of all these programs will make a mere dent in America's astronomical foreclosure levels.
Although members of the Federal Open Market Committee profess to be unconcerned about a stockmarket fall the last few have left not the merest dent in economic growth they are now trying to talk down a (they claim non-existent) stockmarket bubble without ruining the underlying economy in America or elsewhere.
Even a mere 5percentt drop in the value of those holdings could dent the scant $15 million equity cushion the company has before it would have to invade its minimum capital mandated by regulation.
For one thing, a mere seven new top-level domains won't make much of a dent in the scarcity problem.
And, if true, it would further dent Mrs. Clinton's crucial assertion: that she was a mere technical adviser, not an insider in the deal.
A mere 100,000 units have been ordered, which won't put much of a dent in the 78 million copies of Office XP that Microsoft has shipped.
The fines for violating this new law will hardly put a dent in anyone's wallet -- first-time violators face a mere $30.00 fine.
Many have pointed out that a mere 40 government stores to service a population of 13.6 million is unlikely to make a dent in the black market.
