Sentence examples for tribal element from inspiring English sources

"The tribal element he managed himself, as far as I can see," he said.

When residents come to the ballot in local elections as Ben-David and Gonen (2001) argue, the tribal element overrides liberal and democratic notions of 'the greater good' or candidates' qualifications and abilities in favor of much narrower kin-group interests.

There's a tribal element to it.

While the conflict in South Sudan began as a political battle between Kiir and Machar, it has taken on an added tribal element with clashes between the Dinka and Nuer people.

I'm more into the stuff that has a tribal element, where the bass is kick-ass and it sounds like fun like it's something you want to get down to.

He was serving to "facilitate cooperation between our forces in the region and the local tribal elements".

In fact, it is not surprising that tribal elements are already preparing to force ISIS from captured areas.

More significantly, tribal elements who opposed the regime may hold the United States responsible for not giving them the opportunity to extract their own vengeance on Uday and Qusay Hussein.

"It has caused them to be more suspicious of people they don't know well, and it also has caused frictions between Al Qaeda and tribal elements".

"The question is how much pressure can you put on the tribal elements in the armed forces?" asked Gary Li, a defense analyst who has studied the Libyan military.

But this collection, pulsating with tribal elements, seemed too literal a translation of thoughts to cloth — or, more accurately, to chiffon, leather and raffia.