Example sentences of "preside over [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In A.D. 318 , the then Bishop of Rome ( now known as Pope Sylvester ) is said to have met personally with eight Desposyni leaders — each of whom presided over a branch of the Church — at the Lateran Palace . |
| 2 | The Empress Maria Theresa presided over a transformation of the Habsburg hereditary territories which was the greatest achievement of its kind anywhere in Europe during this period . |
| 3 | IN OUR June edition we wrongly stated that Sutton Coldfield RFC were bringing a £500,000 civil action against a referee who presided over a game in which the club 's colts captain , Ben Smolden , broke his neck . |
| 4 | Gooseneck presided over a table of thirty , one-third of whom were female . |
| 5 | Directors Jim Gray and David Duff presided over a set of financial manoeuvres that bewildered even the most money minded fans . |
| 6 | On 15 November Pope Paul presided over a gathering of those in charge of running the Council . |
| 7 | In September 1959 , at Woods Hole on Cape Cod in Massachusetts , Professor Jerome Bruner presided over a meeting of influential scientists and afterwards wrote The Process of Education . |
| 8 | This success lies behind his translation to Canterbury in the following year ; thereafter , until his death in 1381 , he presided over a period of taxation the scale of which exceeded even that of the early years of the reign . |
| 9 | From 1844 to 1846 he was chairman of the provisional committee formed to build one , and he presided over the board of the Cornwall Railway in 1846–50 . |
| 10 | We have no need to take lectures from the Opposition , who presided over the slashing of prison building by 29 per cent . |
| 11 | On July 16 Fulimori presided over the inauguration of the first " urban militia " , modelled on the rural rondas campesinas or " peasant patrols " [ see pp. 38188 ; 38284 ] . |
| 12 | She presided over the present-opening like an officious timekeeper . |
| 13 | Judge Marvin Shoob , who presided over the trial of the Atlanta BNL branch former manager Christopher Drogoul [ see p. 39135 ] , expressed surprise and disappointment at Lacey 's conclusion on the grounds that there was " ample evidence not only of a cover-up , but also of government participation that was improper " . |
| 14 | It was Lancaster who presided over the transformation of the conduit system to overhead line in 1899 , and the extensions to the Gynn , Marton , Lytham and South Shore via Lytham Road . |
| 15 | Throughout his long reign , Sobhuza presided over the transformation of his country from British protectorate to independent statehood within the Commonwealth . |
| 16 | Above all , Reitern presided over the abolition of tax farming . |
| 17 | There he presided over the expansion of his French National Committee into a new , more broadly based provisional government known as the French Committee of National Liberation ( CFLN — Comité Français de Libération Nationale ) . |
| 18 | In place of the major role which workers were demanding in running the factories , Lenin presided over the centralization of economic power and the establishment of managerial structures divorced from the rank and file . |
| 19 | Finally , he presided over the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325 . |
| 20 | The Pope also presided over the opening in Santo Domingo of the Fourth General Latin American Episcopal Conference , held on Oct. 12-28 . |
| 21 | In 1955 , Floirat bought the ailing radio station Europe 1 and presided over the company for 30 years , transforming it into one of the country 's most popular stations . |
| 22 | He presided over the creation of the British Sugar Corporation , served as its chairman between 1935 and 1949 , and was also chairman of a number of other companies , including the Iraq Petroleum Company between 1941 and 1950 . |
| 23 | During their stay the Juan Carlos and Salinas presided over the signature of a five-year treaty of friendship and co-operation in the context of which Spain was to provide aid to Mexico of 4,400 million pesetas ( about US$40,000,000 at current exchange rates ) over five years in the form of credits and investment in the private sector . |
| 24 | Coutts ' present chairman Sir David Money-Coutts KCVO is the great great great great grandson of Thomas Coutts , who presided over the bank from 1775 to 1822 . |
| 25 | Following the great betrayal of 1882 , when Gladstone presided over the annexation of Egypt , they could not even rely on the Liberal party to resist the imperialist tide . |
| 26 | Secondly he presided over the integration of the Blackpool and Fleetwood Company in 1920 , reconstructing the electrical distribution system on the line . |
| 27 | He therefore presided over the extension of secondary education throughout the county , and established new standards of school architecture and of taste . |
| 28 | The first Supervisor ( 1856 ) of the whole natural history collections was Richard Owen , and he presided over the move to South Kensington ( 1881 ) . |
| 29 | Aunt Margaret presided over the table with placid contentment , urging them to eat with eloquent movements of the eyes and hands . |
| 30 | Meanwhile Dennis Peck , the erstwhile president of Interactive Systems Corp and the man who presided over the sale of half of it to SunSoft Inc , has joined Sequent Computer Systems Inc as senior vice president of marketing , a position that 's been open for over a year . |