Sentence examples for strong officials from inspiring English sources

He implored the League to appoint some strong officials for the final, especially as Billy Bremner's Leeds awaited.

There is a long history of such disputes in presidential cabinets, a history that demonstrates that strong officials accrue power largely because of their relationship up the chain of command, to the president.

Despite strong official opposition, Peter persevered for 38 years, baptizing an estimated 300,000 slaves.

The sudden appearance of strong official reservations about the dam comes on the eve of a major Communist Party congress.

"What we are lacking is a strong official voice to counter those reactionary voices … this makes it very difficult to fight for progress.

Ms. Sills, 72, who has been chairwoman since 1994, has periodically contemplated leaving but told friends it would be difficult without another strong official in place.

Markit's figures on France's weak performance added to scepticism over the accuracy of the surprisingly strong official GDP data for the country in the second quarter of the year.

Chelsea Football Club appear to be involved in the funding of "third-party ownership" of players outside the Premier League, contrary to the Premier League's and Uefa's strong official condemnation of the practice.

The British government is struggling to quell fears about a common childhood vaccine that increasing numbers of parents believe may be linked to autism, despite strong official assurances to the contrary.

The book was an anguished reckoning with a period he had avoided as a historian because, as he wrote in his memoir, "given the strong official Party and Soviet views about the 20th century, one could not write about anything later than 1917 without the strong likelihood of being denounced as a political heretic".

Monday's raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla, which was sponsored in part by a Turkish organization, prompted street protests in Turkey and a strong official reaction, with Ankara recalling its ambassador from Israel, summoning Israel's ambassador and canceling planned joint military exercises.