Sentence examples for lowly official from inspiring English sources

Duch, a relatively lowly official, left a meticulous paper trial at S-21 and acknowledged many of his crimes.

IT TOOK President Goodluck Jonathan a mere decade to go from lowly official to undisputed leader of his country.

Because Britain used more vegetable fat than other countries, a lowly official suggested Britain call its chocolate "vegelate": hence the myth.

Wang Baolin, a former lowly official in the southern city of Guangzhou, provided a glimpse of the pervasive culture of corruption during his recent trial on charges that the $3.3 million in his bank account was of dubious provenance.

Before Ukraine descended into conflict, Plotnitsky was a relatively unknown figure who had served in the Soviet Army then, later, as a lowly official.

But it's not all heartless foreign fighters who win belts at least get a chance to pose for a picture wearing it, but only before it's swiftly snatched away by a lowly official from the sanctioning body.

He instinctively holds open the door for even lowly officials, baffling civil servants drilled in Whitehall's hierarchical protocols.

Khartoum has sent lowly officials without the authority to negotiate.Sudan's government wants the talks moved to Darfur.

The Benghazi killings and their aftermath, for which she has taken responsibility while insisting that more lowly officials made the key decisions, or pieces of indecision, were the most controversial incident of her tenure.

Some of the Gabrades of this period were peasants who adopted the surname of their masters, and most of the family members attested in government service were lowly officials.

In the face of corruption or the abuse of power, from the president's office down to the lowliest official, the right of the press and the people to express themselves has been offered as a remedy.