Sentence examples for as a mere agent from inspiring English sources

When Ms. Abul Naga, the minister of planning and international cooperation, requested the investigation into foreign financing of nonprofit groups here, she was widely perceived as a mere agent of the ruling generals.

But why stop at being a mere agent when you could get a piece of the action?

Our elected officials will soon fill a function much like the one the media fills now, as mere agents of a greater power.

And their inherent contempt for the Pakistani troops is only deepened by their view, which I heard voiced repeatedly in Waziristan, that the Pakistanis were acting as mere agents of the United States.

This made senators free agents, presumably acting on behalf of their state at large, rather than as mere agents of the state legislatures.

Santa, can you therefore help us get through to the politicians who look upon us as mere agents of political correctness and ungrounded, unrealistic thinking?

These observations are consistent with the direct, autonomous role of CII in cell death initiation by these agents, and cannot be reconciled with the role of CII as a mere amplifier of upstream effects originating at other sites.

She stood exposed as a mere painter.

Dismiss tarot cards as a mere superstition.

They dismiss their political connections as a mere bagatelle.

"You can't survive as a mere feudal anymore".