Sentence examples for chief which from inspiring English sources

Lincoln wrote the proclamation not as president but as commander in chief, which gave him some control over rebel property.

The Chief, which is based in Cass Gilbert's Broadway Chambers Building in Lower Manhattan, embraces the description "old-fashioned".

He bought this Indian Chief, which is red with a fringed black leather seat, in the early 1990's.

(Also chief, which I know you can't have more than one of, is the tomato, to be addressed later).

Rashīd and his successor chiefs were known as the shaykh al-jabal (Arabic: "mountain chief"), which was mistranslated by the Crusaders as the "old man of the mountain".

In China even a township chief, which is not really that high up in the hierarchy, will have a chauffeur and a secretary to carry his bag".

He will remain editor-in-chief, which he says will be more than a titular role, but plans to be an "enabler" rather than an overlord.

In addition, Maliki created the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, which gave him personal control over the country's million-man Army and police force, often requiring local commanders to report directly to him.

But it's also what lies behind the success of the ballot for the Guardian's new editor-in-chief, which was held in March 2015 and delivered a landslide vote for Kath Viner.

In a letter to Glamour's editor-in-chief, which he also posted on Facebook, Smith said Jenner's award was "insulting" to his wife's memory.

"This was the cheerleader-in-chief, which is a very important role," said former school board member David Tokofsky, who attended the gathering.