Sentence examples for highest official from inspiring English sources

Mr. Hu was the highest official ever put to death for corruption.

Earlier this month, ONN was nominated for four Webbys, the Internet's highest (official) honor for excellence.

In picking United States attorneys, presidents typically follow the recommendation of the state's highest official from his own political party.

South Africa has the highest official count of AIDS-infected people in the world, with five million.

He was the highest official put to death for corruption in the 50 years since the Communists came to power.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attended the service, which was led by the Vatican's second highest official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.

Felt was the FBI's second-highest official at the time he briefed Woodward.

Clanton, who resigned after serving as the group's second-highest official for five years, at first declined to comment.

Ibrahim Spinzada, Karzai's brother-in-law and the second-highest official in the Afghan intelligence service, has overseen much of his outreach.

But in an interview, Mr. Ellis, now the Department of Corrections' chief of staff, its second-highest official, denied receiving reports that inmates had been assaulted.

Before leaving the C.I.A. in 2006, he had become its third-highest official, and his plea was an embarrassment for the agency.