Sentence examples for cannot preside from inspiring English sources

We cannot preside over the destiny of society, but we are a part of it.

Some say that he cannot, on the principle that a judge cannot preside over his own trial.

But "moral values cannot preside over nature".

Mawlavi Mohammad, a member of Ghor's religious council, an advisory board of local mullahs, contended that Friday prayers — a religious obligation for all able-bodied Muslim men — would be voided in a community led by a woman, because women cannot preside over a communal prayer, according to religious custom.

Trump has argued that the judge cannot fairly preside over a class-action lawsuit against Trump University because his parents were born in Mexico.

No one would today argue that women judges cannot fairly preside over claims of sexual harassment, or that African-American judges should be disqualified from race discrimination cases.

The Vice President assists the President in his/her responsibilities and presides over board meetings when the President cannot attend.

This needs to be done now, this judge cannot be allowed to preside over civil cases and further victimize survivors in the court system".

If Dempsey, a soldier with a long and distinguished career, cannot in good conscience preside over a military campaign he feels will be ultimately doomed, should he quietly (or noisily) resign?

But a Fed chairman's primary responsibility is his conduct of monetary policy, and it cannot be denied that Greenspan presided over almost two decades of low inflation and surprisingly strong economic growth.

We cannot comprehend how any government can preside over such a system.