Sentence examples for be a mere messenger from inspiring English sources

RNA was once thought to be a mere messenger in the cell.

In the 1950s, Carlsson, now 77, overturned conventional wisdom by proving that dopamine--once thought to be a mere building block in the synthesis of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine--was an important nervous system messenger in its own right.

The drug is a practical application of scientific discoveries that are showing that RNA, once considered a mere messenger boy for DNA, actually helps to run the show.

The major newspapers, at least, maintained that with Nolan's status as a mere messenger it was inconceivable that he alone could have destroyed the Light Brigade without failings by Lucan.

All things Halo 3 will retail for $59.99 while the Messenger Kit is a mere $29.99.

Unemployment is a mere 2.9%.

Jim Trusdale was a mere acquaintance.

She was a mere ghost.

Now he is a mere caretaker.

China's contribution was a mere $18m.

Mr. Reid was a mere freshman senator.