preside over sth

Examples of preside

preside
More than others, they reward incumbents who preside over strong national economies and punish those who do not.
Commentators also observed a lack of uniformity in the attitudes and in the decisions of the judges who presided over the city's criminal courts.
The presiding officer and the secretary or clerk are present, and clustered around them is a small group of members.
A political organization was a churning mix of ambition and resentment and inertia over which leaders presided only by constant effort.
In many of them, a local judge would preside over the proceedings.
Both areas had a history of economic decline presided over by inept and corrupt government.
A suitable place provided with a good supply of water was chosen and the presiding deity was installed in the temple.
These courts are presided over by a three-judge panel.
It is not surprising, therefore, that princes sometimes found themselves presiding over the complete alienation of pledge objects from their domain.
This involved the appointment of judges who personally presided over the annual distribution of plots and recorded the names of the beneficiaries.
She presides only partially over the meaning of her text.
His contention that the nation with the strongest labour force ' presided ' over world civilisation clearly implied a struggle with winners and losers.
This ritualised relationship between the neophyte and the presiding initiate is conceived in terms of godparenthood : godchild (ahijado) to godfather (padrino).
Nevertheless, the presiding argument - that "real readers" sometimes differed radically from their conceptual counterparts - is a persuasive one.
These committees consist of three members: a presiding lawyer, an ethicist, and a physician.
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