Sentence examples for fief of the from inspiring English sources

The district is an administrative fief of the (currently Republican) Congress.

It is also the fief of the national team coach, Matjaz Kek.

[C7.] Diversity for Agnelli Family at Fiat Fiat has always been considered the fief of the Agnelli family.

Park Lane is a fief of the opposition Jamaica Labour Party; 100 Lane belongs to the governing People's National Party.

The Château de la Fontaine (17th century) was a fief of the lordship, which became a countship in 1617.

In what appeared to be coordinated attacks, forces from three neighboring provinces moved on districts in Herat Province, the fief of the powerful warlord Ismail Khan.

Over the course of the Edo period, two major branches of the Satake clan were established, one ruled the fief of Iwasaki, the other one the fief of Kubota-Shinden.

A not uncommon view is that his recent move from London, where he had his power base, to New York, the fief of Chase Carey, the chief operating officer and his direct boss, was more of an emasculation than a promotion.

The inhabitants of the Amakusa Islands, which had been part of the fief of Konishi Yukinaga, suffered the same sort of persecution at the hands the Terasawa family, which, like the Matsukura, had been moved there.

One of them was granted the fief of Hachinohe, and the other one was granted the fief of Shichinohe.

He has failed to stop ministries from becoming the fiefs of the competing parties.