Sentence examples for considerable leader from inspiring English sources

"He was a considerable leader of his field," said Dr. Brian Brocklehurst, a colleague of Dr. Porter's at Sheffield.

More considerable leaders and shapers were ahead.

Mr. Ahmadinejad's principal rival for power, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former Iranian president who was defeated by Mr. Ahmadinejad in the election, continues to hold considerable power as leader of the nation's Expediency Council, which was created in 1988 to help resolve contentious legislative issues.

"The money behind this organization is considerable," said PEI Green Party leader Peter Bevan-Baker last year, the province where AquaBounty's Canadian subsidiary resides.

But with time running short and Mr. Romney holding considerable advantages, the leaders sought to table their divisions and chose, by a wide margin, to support Mr. Santorum over Newt Gingrich or Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.

It offers two choices: to endorse the decision, already made by the regional parliament, to join the Russian Federation; or to restore the 1992 Crimean constitution that described the peninsula as a "Soviet State" and gave its leaders considerable autonomy from Kiev — which, given Crimea's pro-Moscow government and the presence of Russian troops, would effectively produce the same result.

Mr. Zindani's word as a spiritual leader carries considerable political and moral weight in Yemen.

But later dispatches portray him as a more capable leader, with considerable political nous, although often burdened by his association with deep-seated corruption.

In between party congresses, however, the National Executive Committee is the party's main governing body, and the party president (leader) wields considerable power.

He stepped down as leader after considerable speculation about a drinking problem, which he announced he was getting treatment for at the time.

The Tory leader spent considerable time lambasting Labour as "the party that wrecks the economy" with particular emphasis on Labour's plan to put up corporation tax.