Sentence examples for a chief and a from inspiring English sources

Each community was guided by a chief and a council of elders.

Chuot's father, Makur Chuot, was a chief and a judge in his village, in what was then Sudan, a country stricken by near-constant drought and riven by a brutal, intractable civil war.

Designated cities are divided into ku (wards), each of which has a chief and an assembly, the former being nominated by the mayor and the latter elected by the residents.

Often a community chief, and sometimes a superior chief, received offerings from each household or larger kin group holding land under his jurisdiction.

I wanted to really understand what it was like for him as a president, as a commander in chief, and also as a father and a husband...

North Korea also cited "health issues" when it fired a police chief and a vice prime minister last year.

The tribes were divided into bands, each governed by a sachem (chief) and a council of elders.

In many districts, like Nadali, there is little government presence, often only a district chief and a police chief, both appointed by the central government in Kabul.

When Mr. Collier applied for a job with the M.I.T. police, Chief DiFava had already received high recommendations for this young man from the chief's neighbor, a Somerville deputy police chief, and a cousin, a Somerville police officer.

Others include Gideon and Philip Moi, the sons of former President Daniel arap Moi; a former chief prosecutor; a former intelligence chief; and a member of Parliament.

Led by a deputy chief and a deputy inspector, officers raided his apartment and brought him in cuffs to the psychiatric emergency room.