Example sentences of "preside over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , as suggested above , he faced considerable initial hostility , and presided over a government which some churchmen found oppressive , religion could have been one way in which opposition was expressed . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | At a crisis AGM in January 1990 , Dundee 's controversial chairman Angus Cook presided over a record deficit of £600,000 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The wealth of diamonds incorporated in her regalia reflected the fact that Catherine presided over a realm that for a short period was the world 's leading producer . |
| 7 | But Mr Major said extension of V A T was a vital part of policies to reduce public borrowing , earlier the Prime Minister presided over a cabinet discussion of the options for next month 's budget . |
| 8 | Commissioner of the Garda Siochana for little more than two years in the 1970s , he presided over a force struggling to cope with a surge in urban crime and the spillover violence of the IRA campaign in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | Gooseneck presided over a table of thirty , one-third of whom were female . |
| 10 | Directors Jim Gray and David Duff presided over a set of financial manoeuvres that bewildered even the most money minded fans . |
| 11 | On 15 November Pope Paul presided over a gathering of those in charge of running the Council . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Under the 1961 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The TRNC , whose citizens make up about one-fifth of the population of the island , has an executive President who is elected by universal adult suffrage every five years and who presides over a Cabinet . |
| 18 | The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has an executive President who is elected by universal suffrage every five years and who presides over a Cabinet . |
| 19 | Noel Edmonds presides over a launch party in London , but the demo machine does n't function all that well . |
| 20 | In Romania , however , there was not even a ripple when Mr Gorbachev went to Bucharest to preside over a Warsaw Pact summit in July . |
| 21 | At the same time , the Detention of Terrorists ( Northern Ireland ) Order introduced commissioners with legal training to preside over a Detention Appeal Tribunal to which detainees could apply after a period for a review of the justification for their imprisonment . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Many governors are likely to preside over a case conference at some time during their term of office and for chairmen , particularly those serving large schools , it may become a regular and frequent experience . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | At the 1913 Birmingham meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science she was elected president of section K ( botany ) , thus becoming the first woman ever to preside over a section . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Officials say that as a result of Mr Hindmarsh 's letter , bosses in the Darlington area which stretches to Middlesbrough , Hawes , Spennymoor and Northallerton , will preside over a service which will diminish in quality . |
| 29 | The quote from Hammond & Waterton suggests that in 1890 it was thought that a barrister umpire could preside over a valuation : to restate the proposition in modern terms , a lawyer can act as an expert . |
| 30 | 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 . |