| The British Army | Field Marshal |
| The United Nations | Secretary-General |
| A TV programme | producer |
| A group of workers | foreman |
| A shop | manager |
| A primary school | headmaster/headmistress |
| A monastery | abbot |
| A football team | captain |
| A museum | curator |
| A prison | warden/governor |
| Servants (in a household) | butler |
| A college | Principal |
| A committee | chairperson |
| A university | Vice-Chancellor |
| A tennis match | umpire |
| The governing party (in Britain) | Prime Minister |
| A tribe | chief/chieftain |
| A company | Managing Director |
| A convent | Mother Superior |
| An orchestra | leader/conductor |
| An Old People's Home | warden |
| A choir | choirleader |
| A Republic | President |
| A newspaper or magazine | editor |
| A hospital | matron |