Which preposition to use with chief

of Occurrences 2538%

I don't think there was ever any danger of a coup d'etat, at least as long as Marshal MacMahon was the chief of state.

in Occurrences 205%

Mary heard that Etim was the only chief in Okoyong ever to be buried without some people being killed as a human sacrifice.

among Occurrences 113%

in the same loathed costume, inwardly justifying the laughter of the knowing loungers as you ascend among them, and cursing yourself as the chief among ten thousand (ninnies,)the one altogether idiotic.

at Occurrences 58%

She saw cannibal chiefs at their terrible feasts and fearful battles with spears and arrows.

to Occurrences 48%

Then all of us sat down and a pipe was lit and handed by the chief to Ringan.

with Occurrences 44%

For some time he kept watching the Ol' Chief with unabated astonishment, wondering if he'd die on the way.

for Occurrences 32%

Whenever she could leave the chief for a short time she would talk to the tribe about the Saviour and how He would change their lives if they believed in Him.

on Occurrences 32%

The fineness of the season has drawn away our chiefs on a hunting excursion amidst the sandy steppes.

from Occurrences 29%

I began to think that my time had come, as the saying is, when into the cabin stepped an elderly Indian, whom I readily recognized as old Rain-in-the-Face, a Sioux chief from the vicinity of Fort Laramie.

as Occurrences 18%

The Ypres salient, thus successfully defended by the Canadians in one of the hottest of the minor battles of the war, was regarded by the British commander-in-chief as an important position which must be defended despite the heavy losses.

into Occurrences 13%

She saw villages where trembling prisoners dipped their hands in boiling oil to test their guilt; where wives were killed to go with their dead chief into the spiritland.

over Occurrences 13%

Second, they forced upon England the national idea, that is, a strong, centralized government to replace the loose authority of a Saxon chief over his tribesmen.

by Occurrences 13%

No doubt, as I have said, Canning earned a substantial claim to the gratitude of the native chiefs by adopting a more liberal and considerate policy towards them than that pursued by his predecessor.

amongst Occurrences 11%

The word prandium, in short, converted the palace into the imperial tent; and Cæsar was no longer a civil emperor and princeps senatûs, but became a commander-in-chief amongst a council of his staff, all belted and plumed, and in full military fig.

than Occurrences 7%

The Ligurians were driven to arms by the nearer approach of the danger, and even the youth of the Cenomani on this occasion listened less to the voice of their cautious chiefs than to the urgent appeal of their kinsmen who were in peril.

against Occurrences 6%

The Sultan, upon an emergency or insurrection in his own empire, by the politic distribution of titles of Marabout (often used as a species of degree of D.D.) and other honours attached to the Shereefian Parasol, can likewise easily excite one chief against another, and consolidate his power over their intestine divisions.

about Occurrences 6%

" They told the chief about the strange white Ma at Ekenge.

through Occurrences 4%

He accompanied his chief through one campaign of savage brutality in putting down an Irish rebellion, and was given an immense estate with the castle of Kilcolman, in Munster, which had been confiscated from Earl Desmond, one of the Irish leaders.

after Occurrences 4%

I ventured to suggest, as chief after chief came up.

like Occurrences 4%

It is a rare thing for an Indian to weep, least of all a mighty chief like Philip; but in the cloud of war hovering over his people, he read the doom of his tribe.

around Occurrences 4%

Meantime Káús, this dire invasion known, Had called his chiefs around his ivory throne: There stood Gurgín, and Báhrám, and Gushwád, And Tús, and Gíw, and Gúdárz, and Ferhád; To them he read the melancholy tale, Gust'hem had written of the rising bale; Besought their aid and prudent choice, to form Some sure defence against the threatening storm.

without Occurrences 3%

The tattered privates approached the commander-in-chief without embarrassment, and his reception of them was such as to make them love him more than ever.

during Occurrences 3%

Although, according to the universal but more than questionable rule of allowing no complaint to be brought against a commander-in-chief during his term of office,(35) the Roman governor could ordinarily be called to account only after the mischief had been done, yet he was amenable both to a criminal and to a civil prosecution.

along Occurrences 2%

Like other chiefs along the coast, the Bombay authorities gave passes to traders living under their protection, and in their warfare with Angria they had adopted the practice of other chiefs, of not recognizing the immunity of vessels that did not carry passes from themselves.

near Occurrences 2%

In April, Lieutenant Colonel John Butler, of the British army, addressed a great council of chiefs near Buffalo, beginning, "I have now a speech to deliver to you from your father Lord Dorchester, which is of the utmost consequence, therefore desire you will pay strict attention to it."

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