Sentence examples for as presiding from inspiring English sources

He offended Afghanistan's benefactors and neighbours even as, presiding over corrupt elections and a spreading kleptocracy, he encouraged Afghans to consider their democracy a fraud.

But the back-and-forth had a familiar feel, as Mr. Biden tried to portray Mr. Romney as a throwback, eager to recycle discredited policies, while Mr. Romney's advisers portrayed the president as presiding over an America in decline.

Senators elect a President to serve as presiding officer of the legislative body, as well as a President Pro Tempore.

He was elected vice president under Harrison in 1888 and was later noted for his impartiality as presiding officer of the Senate.

Raouf Abdel-Rahman has now taken over as presiding judge.

Three years later she was nominated to serve as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.

Gore, as presiding officer of the Senate, appears at these ceremonies.

Justice Antonin Scalia, who was acting as presiding justice, questioned that formulation.

Lawrence Kudlow described him as presiding over a government of "crony capitalism at its worst".

It will be the first such meeting that Bishop Griswold will attend as presiding bishop.

But Rosen sees Roosevelt as presiding over a turning point in America's relationship with nature.