Sentence examples for consists of a mere from inspiring English sources

Guatemalans, in turn, accuse Belize of the same thing, though Belize's military consists of a mere 600 men.

And Cocksedge created what may be the first minimalist chandelier, for Swarovski; it consists of a mere five crystals, but their sparkle is amplified by lasers.

Rather than a chaotic jumble of chips and cheese, Main Street's nacho plate consists of a mere six tortilla halves, twisted into scoops and topped with black beans and morsels of chicken.

Furthermore, the intersection of the target gene sets derived from the miRBase versus Made1 consists of a mere 29 genes, and this figure is only slightly higher than the random expectation of 27 shared targets (P = 0.07 binomial distribution).

Since 1942 it has consisted of a mere six teams, unable to add more because of a shortage of good players.

Each item consisted of a mere sentence, using the same striking verb, describing a bobcat spotted in the headlights of a truck.

As late as 1948 the U.S. arsenal consisted of a mere handful of warheads and only 32 long-range bombers converted for their delivery.

From the number of silent mutations in African versions of the MC1R gene, Dr. Rogers and two colleagues, Dr. David Iltis and Dr. Stephen Wooding, calculate that the last sweep probably occurred 1.2 million years ago, when the human population consisted of a mere 14,000 breeding individuals.

The AIDS quilt, then consisting of a mere 1,920 panels, had its debut on the Mall in Washington in October of that year; Keith Haring's safe-sex doodles were appearing everywhere; and, of course, many novels, paintings, photographs and dances had begun to incorporate, or take advantage of, the inherent drama of young death.

Dr. Johnson was the only instructor of the college's first class, which consisted of a mere eight students.

As long as hybrids consist of a mere 2% of all market sales, auto manufacturers in the U.S. are sent on a fool's errand when designing new fleets.