In 1996, both officers held the lesser rank of major general, the officials said.

I have a very important mission for you; a man of lesser rank or experience couldn't carry it off.

The power so generated they broadcast outward, to lesser ranks who can store it.

To Hitler's right sat a man of lesser rank but perhaps greater power.

Dyannis recognized him from years before, although he had held a far lesser rank then.

An officer of lesser rank, who until now had been keeping quiet, spoke up.

Behind their carefully preserved lines there was a shoving lot of lesser rank.

The tombs to the far north were much smaller and may have been built for wives of lesser rank.

Wallie had been given a fair hearing, probably a lot more than a man of lesser rank would have received.

She does not, however, act upon these feelings due to his lesser rank and her engagement to Jet.