Example sentences of "presided over a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had until recently presided over a cautious freeing of expression and politics . |
| 2 | Local authorities had the power to build houses for sale and to sell houses originally built for renting before 1980 , but the proportion of dwellings sold was relatively slight until the Conservative government of 1970–4 presided over a substantial upsurge in sales . |
| 3 | During the following months five judges presided over a new series of perambulations in the counties of Northampton , Huntingdon , Rutland , Oxford and Surrey . |
| 4 | Throughout the remainder of the 1650s , successive governments presided over a wide diversity of religious practice ; large numbers of English men and women continued to frequent only their parish churches , many worshipped solely in gathered congregations of Independents , Baptists , and Quakers , and many more regularly attended both sectarian and parish worship . |
| 5 | For instance , a great deal of development has occurred within enterprise zones , and the Urban programme has presided over a wide range of projects . |
| 6 | The receptionist presided over a small office on the twenty-second floor of the United Nations Building , its unmarked door locked at all times and only accessible to authorized personnel . |
| 7 | A little temple presided over a sloping hillside with a prospect of open fields and river lined with reeds and willows . |
| 8 | The Countess d'Agoult , better known perhaps under her nom de plume of Daniel Stern , presided over a republican circle in her fine house on the Champs Elysées , while Juliette Adam , married to a rich banker and later to become the mistress of the republican politician Gambetta , maintained an equally republican salon in her ( less grand ) apartment on the Boulevard Poissonière . |
| 9 | There can be little doubt that , in terms of property development , the LDDC has indeed presided over a dramatic transformation in London 's Docklands . |
| 10 | Anker Simmons , the Mayor of Henley and a member of the Bolney Syndicate , presided over a large gathering of men interested in the formation of a golf club . |
| 11 | In office , doffing his hat to ‘ fairness ’ , he has presided over a wild game of insults and shadow-boxing between Americans , Europeans and Japanese . |
| 12 | However , the most damning indictment of the Conservative government 's record in housing is that it has presided over a massive increase in homelessness . |
| 13 | West Yorkshire , having presided over a massive expansion of rail traffic in recent years , is pushing for more electrification in the wake of the successful completion of InterCity 's electrification to Leeds . |
| 14 | Both Labour and Conservative governments since the Second World War have presided over a massive expansion in building , including 21 new English towns — three in the North-East . |