Sentence examples for as a mere manager from inspiring English sources

Intellectuals who discount Guzmán's agency in the multi-decade telenovela of his life see him as a mere manager of narco-trafficking, a distraction from Mexico's problems of corruption, poverty, impunity, and bad government.

Mr. McCain dismissed Mr. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts and a successful business executive, as a mere manager at a time when the American people are looking for a leader.

Unlike banks, whose loans and deposits go on their balance-sheets as assets and liabilities, BlackRock is a mere manager of other people's money.

Lefty was therefore employed as a mere floor manager—"the only guy below me was the shoeshine man," he later remarked when he was put in charge of four casino-hotels, the Stardust, Hacienda, Fremont and Marina, somewhat to the surprise of the man who thought he had bought them.

When managers think of IT outsourcing as a mere substitute for internal IT investments, this narrow focus hides many potential cost benefits.

The problem is that no private-equity manager wants to be thought of as a mere financial engineer.

She stood exposed as a mere painter.

Dismiss tarot cards as a mere superstition.

That is what we describe as a mere drafting point.

Instead, sustainability is handled as a mere marketing exercise.

They dismiss their political connections as a mere bagatelle.