Sentences with phrase «merely pawns»

May might find however that she is merely the pawn with EU leader queen Merkel firmly in the sights of the pugilistic US president.

Taylor is merely a pawn in a larger conflict between the proactive ICC led by Luis Moreno Ocampo, who is eager to secure Saif's extradition, and Libya's interim government, which is reluctant to turn over the most prominent living symbol of the regime it overthrew.

She was merely a pawn, and now that her job is complete, she is only a witness.

It became apparent to me soon thereafter, that I was merely a pawn in their media game, so that they could ultimately assert that: «The Times shared [what they did] with leading researchers, including skeptics of value added methods, and incorporated their input.»

But sometimes I wonder if this belief places me squarely in the midst of a cruel game, wherein I am merely a pawn, used for the sadistic purposes of a cruel God.

As I said at the outset, I have no way of knowing whether the Rawa Law Group is involved in these fake sites or merely a pawn of them.

Not exact matches

Merely being in the presence of such iconic (if not controversial) species as tiny Marbled Murrelets and reclusive Spotted Owls — both pawns in the long - standing battle to conserve old - growth forests in the Northwest — was in itself a humbling experience.

The rest of the film follows Carl desperately trying to prove his innocence as Pastor Dan has decided to pawn off this accident on him (though Dr. Blaylock isn't dead but merely in a coma).

This way he can assume that they are merely being hapless pawns fooled by the grand conspiracy until they start detailing why they are certain.