Example sentences of "preside over a [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 | Under the 1961 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 10 | The administration consists of an executive President who is directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 11 | The Constitution provides for an executive President who is directly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 12 | Standing exactly where Mao Tse-tung proclaimed the People 's Republic of China on 1 October 1949 , paramount leader Deng Xiaoping joined other party leaders atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace to preside over a night of fireworks and martial music in Tiananmen Square . |
| 13 | Had some bold prophet told the King that he was one day to preside over a change of Government wearing a Chinese dressing-gown , he would scarcely have believed his ears . |
| 14 | The King added that he knew MacDonald could depend on Conservative and Liberal support , and he agreed to preside over a meeting of the three party leaders on the following day . |
| 15 | On the main street , running directly into central London , a Woolworths , a Marks and Spencer and several other department stores preside over a range of smaller shops . |
| 16 | In that capacity he had presided over a campaign against corruption , and more positively over a relaxation of the restrictions upon private trade and local government . |
| 17 | He has presided over a degree of prosperity unknown under his predecessor , Sukarno . |
| 18 | Eisenhower had presided over a period of grim Cold War tension which he , like most Americans , believed had been caused by the ambitions of world communism . |
| 19 | Inside , the usual bored girl presided over a collection of postcards and tea towels . |
| 20 | Taylor ( 1987 ) points out that in the United States during the 1980s , the Reagan Administration , pursuing similar policies to those of the Conservatives , presided over a decline in crime and asks why the United Kingdom was different . |
| 21 | It was no longer that he had been a member of the murder gang , but that he had presided over a meeting of UDA officers in order to plan it . |
| 22 | The prosecution 's only witness on the main charge that Beattie had convened and presided over a meeting of UDA officers to plan the murders was an anonymous Special Branch detective who claimed to be reporting evidence of a paid , anonymous informer . |
| 23 | After presiding over a string of humiliating scandals and embarrassing policy failures , they feel on top once again . |