Sentence examples for mere remnants of from inspiring English sources
The surface cells of terrestrial vertebrates, mere remnants of once living cells, are scaly and compressed; they constitute the horny layer, or stratum corneum.
A DRIVE down Washington Avenue in Houston reveals mere remnants of the decay that pervaded this three-mile strip just a few years ago — a bail bondsman sign, a lone pawn shop and a handful of vacant lots hint at what used to be.
Today, there are just 25, many "mere remnants of what they once were," according to the National Park Service. .
Thus, the distinctive animal and plant communities of today's grass balds are likely mere remnants of a once more extensive landscape, which resulted from the long-term disturbance regime of severe climate, herbivory and perhaps occasional fire.
Because the estimated divergence time between the amniote and its counterparts is around 400 My (Hedges et al. 2006), it is hard to think that the extant isochore is mere remnants of the ancient isochore.
Our analyses indicate that the ecotype-specific molecular signatures exhibited by P. marinus strains under study are not mere remnants of a continuous genetic drift, but a potential outcome of niche-oriented stepwise diversification of Prochlorococcus, orchestrated by an array of interplaying adaptive forces.
The Y chromosome, "a mere remnant of its once mighty structure," is worried about size.
The Left Party was ejected from the state parliament and is now on the way to being a mere remnant of the former communists in the old East Germany (though as such it will probably still get into the Bundestag in September).
Pensioners were no longer a mere remnant on the edge of the populace, a froth that would quickly evaporate.
In most cases, the polychrome paintings that decorated heritage buildings no longer exist or are reduced to mere remnants.
Their arrival is scant reward for Mr Werber, who dragged the Socialists' local branches, many mere ossified remnants of the former communist party, into the 21st century, teaching officials to speak in short, clear sentences.In this section Berlusconi's desperate gamble The re-entry man Sarkozy's moment Unity?
