Sentence examples for a mere functionary from inspiring English sources
Last night Dorsey expressed restrained bitterness toward those who had denigrated his candidacy as that of a mere functionary on a great, undefeated team that is defending a national championship.
One was to turn the manager in the dugout into a mere functionary and concentrate rare powers in the office of the general manager: everything of importance, from whether to steal bases to which relief pitchers to use and when, was decided in advance by the G.M. Which was useful.
One of many who have weighed in wrote, "The resignation-in-disgrace of Cardinal Law would be meaningful only in the context of an equivalent resignation by Pope John Paul II, of whose antireform policies — closed, secretive, dishonest, totalitarian — Cardinal Law is a mere functionary".
Far from a mere business functionary, the government says, Mr. el-Hage was a "front man," creating fictitious companies to hide Mr. bin Laden's activities.
Lacking the contemplative gaze, such leaders will remain mere functionaries and technicians, without any big picture to guide them for the long term.
A year earlier it showed a mere 1% rise.
A mere chardonnay, perhaps.
