Sentence examples for a mere drop in the ocean from inspiring English sources

But the consumer end of the market is a mere drop in the ocean.

There could be at least double the number of potential victims, it's a mere drop in the ocean".

But in trying to sort through the nearly 30 food items I sampled -- a mere drop in the ocean of choices here -- the angle suddenly occurred to me.

This year alternative finance providers will channel around £850m of funding into UK small businesses – just over 1% of all business lending – a mere drop in the ocean.

D'Ávila party hailed the decision as a victory, but one digital media expert said it was a mere drop in the ocean.

The Tote has recently added pool betting to the fixed odds service already on offer and Richardson forecasts that current internet betting figures will be a mere drop in the ocean compared to the future.

"We are a mere drop in the education ocean compared to Yale," Emelyn Jones, the principal, told the newspaper, calling the idea of a mix-up "preposterous".

Jurassic World took a record $512m in its opening weekend at the box office, but this is a mere drop in the mosasaur-filled ocean of costs to make the real-life park.

$7.5 billion is a mere drop in the bucket of healthcare spend.

It's no mere drop in the ocean.

However, despite the fanfare of last week's announcement, it's not clear how the funds will be distributed, and £120m over two years is a mere drop in a gigantic ocean of NHS budgets.