Sentence examples for chief chose from inspiring English sources

The chief chose to treat the boy with traditional plant medicines rather than send him a day's journey downstream to Puerto Esperanza.

"The local police chief chose not to cite the supervisory natural resource specialist for the misdemeanor violation and the U.S. Attorney's Office declined prosecution," the report states.

Brown did not name Sanders as police chief, choosing instead Fred Lau, who became the department's first Asian-American chief.

Little is known of Illinois social organization, but it was probably similar to that of the Miami, with a civil chief elected from among a village council and a war chief chosen according to his ability to lead raids.

Each section is headed by a subchief, who is the eldest suitable descendant in the male line of the founder of the area; the chiefdom is headed by a paramount chief chosen on the same basis.

Sharpe added that he personally believes Kentucky's anti-snake-handling law violates the 1st Amendment, so the chief chooses not to enforce the statute if the snake handlers aren't endangering anyone else.

Aware of the dangers of overkill, marketing chiefs chose not to take a US TV ad during the Superbowl, calculating that there is no real awareness problem with Spider-Man.

Sayenqueraghta and Cornplanter, two Seneca war chiefs, chose this place to set up an ambush.

After several failed attempts to negotiate with the government, the chiefs chose instead to borrow money and file a statement of claim, which they did in 2014.

In the end, the hereditary chiefs chose to open the gate to company workers at the Unist'ot'en checkpoint Wednesday out of fear of more violence.

Each village was presided over by one or more chiefs chosen for wisdom and bravery.