Sentence examples for great official from inspiring English sources

Today in countries such as Great Britain, the Netherlands, or Denmark, the monarch is the ceremonial head of state, an indispensable figure in all great official occasions and a symbol of national unity and of the authority of the state, but is almost entirely lacking in power.

But don't expect any great official illumination now.

"Cardinal O'Connor was a great pastor, and Ed Egan is a great official," said Eugene Kennedy, a writer and former Maryknoll priest who knows Bishop Egan.

The great Pepys scholar John Tanner wrote that "at certain points in the diary we can see the great official maturing, but in the main the intimate self-revelation of a human being seems far removed from official life.

Those are the official statistics: the true figures could be as much as 10 times as great, officials say.

The last imposing tombs to be built in Ṣaqqārah were those of several great officials of the Saite and Persian periods.

At the water entrance to the piazzetta is the Molo, a broad stone quay that was once the ceremonial landing spot for great officials and distinguished visitors.

Influenced by the ʿulamāʾ, interpreters of the law of Islam, and by the great officials aligned with them, Bayezid restored the Muslim properties dedicated to religious and charitable purposes that Sultan Mehmed had taken over for the state.

Or what party so placed would have been able, even if it had desired, to strengthen itself in office by drawing recruits from the ranks of the great officials and the aristocrats?

Greater official recognition of the Russian language has been a rebel demand.

They expect a law on greater official use of the Albanian language to be ratified soon as a first step.