Example sentences of "presided over a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had until recently presided over a cautious freeing of expression and politics . |
| 2 | In Trefusis 's office , the governor presided over a round-table discussion , with Dr Groome , Juliet , a silent official from the Department of Conscription , and an apparently lifeless andrew head to represent Yggdrasil . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | During the following months five judges presided over a new series of perambulations in the counties of Northampton , Huntingdon , Rutland , Oxford and Surrey . |
| 5 | The Coulson Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry falls vacant on the retirement in September 1994 of Professor N.H. March , who has presided over a separate department . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For instance , a great deal of development has occurred within enterprise zones , and the Urban programme has presided over a wide range of projects . |
| 8 | Following Barr 's ruling , Judge Marvin H. Shoob , who had presided over a criminal case arising from the BNL affair , criticized the Attorney General on the grounds that plea bargaining within the case had denied any opportunity to probe the affair fully and had left unanswered numerous crucial questions concerning the government 's role . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A little temple presided over a sloping hillside with a prospect of open fields and river lined with reeds and willows . |
| 11 | The shogun presided over a military administration known as a Bakufu , but there was considerable diffusion of regional power to local warrior-lords . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There can be little doubt that , in terms of property development , the LDDC has indeed presided over a dramatic transformation in London 's Docklands . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In office , doffing his hat to ‘ fairness ’ , he has presided over a wild game of insults and shadow-boxing between Americans , Europeans and Japanese . |
| 16 | However , the most damning indictment of the Conservative government 's record in housing is that it has presided over a massive increase in homelessness . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | If Mr Major , having presided over an economic recovery , should also win the next election , the Tories would come within striking distance of Sir Robert Walpole 's record of 21 unbroken years in office , set between 1721 and 1742 . |
| 20 | Trust me , he said — and then presided over an inflationary boom . |
| 21 | The king withdrew in great weariness and exasperation of mind from his son 's manor of Kennington , where he had presided over an anxious council on Wales , and took refuge in mid-June in his castle of Berkhamsted , with only his intimate household about him . |