Sentence examples for may be chief from inspiring English sources

While the federalism revival may be Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's most conspicuous achievement, the court's institutional boldness may be his legacy.

"They may be chief executives," he said, "but they may not be attuned to cultural issues, or how to approach the decision makers or even who the real decision makers are.

Richard D. Parsons may be chief executive of Time Warner, and he may have been honored as the keynote speaker at the annual Knight-Bagehot Fellowship dinner last week, but, alas, good fortune doesn't come without a price.

In this, her best model may be Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr., who drew on his years of advocacy before the Supreme Court to eloquently set the stage for his hearings with his "judges are like umpires" metaphor.

The fiction of an audience that knows what he's about may be his chief invention.

Because of obvious precursors, saxophonists may be the chief new inheritors of the style.

Kelly acknowledged that youth and inexperience may be the chief reason for the string of lopsided losses.

"Westboro's funeral picketing is certainly hurtful and its contribution to public discourse may be negligible," Chief Justice Roberts concluded.

Pressing home with this analogy, one hits upon what may be the chief source of Brideshead's potency.

Strolling the boardwalk after dinner, one discovers what may be the chief architectural oddity of the place, the Lake Mohawk Country Club.

And that, in the end, may be the chief complaint about "Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight" -- the show just isn't loud enough.