Example sentences of "presided [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Channel 2 , the unctuous host of the Gerry Springer chat show had apparently taken a serious oil overdose as he presided over a freak show of truly terrible cases of giantism and dwarfism by telling his goggle-eyed studio viewers they were each of them there ‘ so that next time we may understand and empathise when we meet a woman 7ft 10ins tall . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Portillo , at 38 the youngest Cabinet member since Dr David Owen , who was also 38 when he was made Foreign Secretary in 1977 , replaces Mr David Mellor , the new Heritage Minister , who presided over a significant increase in public spending in the run up to the election . |
| 3 | At Christie 's , Noel Annesley presided over a satisfactory auction with his customary skill , a failing voice enhancing , rather than diminishing , his dry humour which maintained the momentum of the sale . |
| 4 | She has challenged certain long-established political assumptions : that a government could not be re-elected if it presided over a massive increase in unemployment ; or that a government had to govern with the consent and co-operation of the major interests , particularly business and the unions . |
| 5 | The Yang brothers had taken a prominent part in quelling the " turmoil " in mid-1989 and presided over a massive programme of political education within the army . |
| 6 | He talked about St. Paulinus and St. Aidan and visited Whitby where — all those years ago — St. Hilda presided over a double monastery of men and women . |
| 7 | Dalrymple presided over the halcyon days of ‘ c'moan or get aff ’ until his retiral in 1926 , and Dalrymple 's days saw the expansion of the system to 100 miles of track and an annual profit , together with a yearly 300 MILLION passengers , not all on the one tram of course . |
| 8 | The first reigned during a period of complex political change , and presided over the difficult transition from the Roman Republic and the civil wars which brought it to an end to the monarchical system which became the Roman empire ; Nero 's reign marks the abandonment of the pattern which had been established by Augustus . |
| 9 | After the disruptions of 1792-9 Rey presided over the artistic re-establishment of the Opéra . |
| 10 | Despite opposition to the duality of his role and criticism of his creating a judgeship for his brother-in-law , Douglas presided over the steady growth of company and colony . |
| 11 | Wills presided at the inaugural meeting of the Bristol Union Society for the Promotion of Sunday Schools , and his son , W.D . |