Sentence examples for is a marginal player from inspiring English sources

But HUD is a marginal player.

Congress has assumed a secondary role to the executive, and the Supreme Court is "a marginal player".

The Saudi Wahhabis are, after all, fanatics; Egypt's Hosni Mubarak is intolerant of dissent; and Jordan, the state closest to the western ideal, is a marginal player.

However, complicating that question is the fact that Collins, at 34, is a marginal player with limited skills, more valued for his locker-room presence than his play and not at the top of anyone's list of players to sign.

Given that Johnson is a marginal player who is unlikely to brighten the Suns' outlook, shouldn't they have targeted a more natural complement to Booker in exchange for Anderson's partially-guaranteed contract?

By contrast, Russia is a marginal player in Iraq.

[C9.] Brasil Telecom Raises Its Profile Only a year ago, Brasil Telecom seemed to be a marginal player in its home country.

Only a year ago, Brasil Telecom seemed to be a marginal player in its home country, providing telephone service in southern and west-central Brazil.

If she were a marginal player, though, I bet both organizations would have benched her without a second thought.

But Vancouver General Manager Brian Burke, said, "I think it's a marginal player going after a superstar with a headhunting hit".

Well, even before his announcement, Collins was a marginal player, a backup big-man mostly signed to absorb fouls so a team's impact players could stay in the game.