Sentence examples for instead of overseeing from inspiring English sources

Instead of overseeing management on behalf of shareholders, boards have acted as servants of management.

He's like one of those long-suffering, patient fathers from the golden age of television, but instead of overseeing the Beav or an uppity trio of bachelor sons, he has to absorb the antics of a whole empire.

But instead of overseeing the rebuilding of the schools and roads, he has gathered his own lashkar, or traditional tribal militia, 2,500-men strong, to defend his village and nearby areas.In late September Jamal Nasir, who used to feature near the top of a Taliban hit-list, returned to the Matta area of Swat two years after militants burned his house.

The late-season slide was greased by a caustic mix of players publicly criticizing coaches, the maelstrom over running back Tiki Barber's retirement plans, and the difficulty of having key leaders stuck in the training room instead of overseeing the dynamics of the locker room.

Maintaining a focus on the long term requires managers to monitor customer verifiers, base sales forecasts on them, and direct reps' creativity and critical thinking to the most promising opportunities instead of overseeing processes and activities across a broad swath of potential deals.

Instead of overseeing a repertoire of must-read bylines, Turpin, 33, is selling insider information wrapped in wonky names such as Presentation Center, Policy Brands Roundtable and Network Science Initiative, which is headed by a former counterterrorism expert who worked on the Obama administration's National Security Council.

Instead of helping oversee American Home Products' growth, though, Mr. Hassan is presiding over a sluggish Pharmacia & Upjohn.

One of those changes would put a board in charge of overseeing the bureau instead of the director, abolishing the post.

Instead, MWAA was put in charge of overseeing and managing construction of the line, which will be run by Metro.

Instead, he speaks with a disarming level of candor about the challenges of overseeing such an intensely scrutinized program.

Is the board capable of overseeing it?