Sentence examples for council of four from inspiring English sources
The governor-general had a council of four and was given a casting vote but no veto.
He was also given a supreme court, administering English law to the British and those connected with them, and a council of four, appointed in the Regulating Act.
While Ayatollah Sistani's demands would hold little sway with non-Shiite insurgents, among many Shiites his word as a member of the marjaiah, a council of four grand ayatollahs of Najaf, is tantamount to an edict from Allah.
"I don't appreciate you trying to alleviate your white guilt by putting toxins in our water," Frances Quaempts-Miller, who described herself as mixed black and Muscogee Indian, said in testifying at the public hearing before the all-white Council of four men and one woman.
It is headed by a council of five members, one chairman, and four vice chairmen.
The election for the Assembly of Experts, a council of eighty-six theologisns, is equally important.
Burma's ruling council of ten generals was reportedly divided on whether to use force.
The number of Indians on the viceroy's executive council of seven was to be increased from one to three.
In deciding appeals, the grand inquisitor was assisted by a council of five members and by consultors.
But his critics on the council of six Democrats and one Republican say he often shrugs off their needs.
