But individual government officials, high and low, tell a different story.

I myself will go to the high officials with you.

A few high officials will use up most of the money.

He is almost certain to step down next March along with several other high officials.

"Even high officials tell us if the Government doesn't change, nothing will get done."

Now you have the name of a high official in the company.

She knew what it was like to have a close personal relationship with a very high government official.

These, I thought, might be officers of the army or high officials.

Why do the highest officials always seem to know less than anyone else?

I fear the Order is making offers to high officials.

In the mid-13th century, it was established as a special court rank, held by the highest-ranking official of the emperor's company.

He would have been the highest-ranking American official to visit in at least a decade.

Governor Sun, as the highest-ranking official, sat in the middle chair against the northern wall.

Sun, as the highest-ranking official, signaled the end of the evening by pushing his chair back from the table exactly at eight.

He was the highest-ranking official to hang onto his post despite the collapse of the Soviet state.

It is the second highest-ranking official in state government.

He would be the highest-ranking public official ever to face a criminal trial in Mexico.

He is the highest-ranking American official to meet the pope since that invasion.

Of the 21 highest-ranking officials in the company, a third got their jobs this year.