Sentence examples for officiate over from inspiring English sources

When Branch Rickey confided that he would soon sign an unspecified black player, Barber had considered resigning rather than officiate over the breakdown in Jim Crow.

Dr. Phil could even officiate over their union and declare it moderately rational.

The position of an emperor, however, was more explicitly pagan emperors were expected to officiate over public rites and lead the religious ceremonies of the army.

Some imams are licensed to officiate over marriages recognized by the state.

Ask your local imam about what you may need for the imam to officiate over a civilly recognized marriage.

The first woman to be head of a major auction house, Ms. Brooks officiated over highly visible auctions, like that of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' estate, in her Chanel suits and blond bob the very picture of patrician success.

He said: "I'm not aware of any evidence the colour pink would make any difference to how an official is perceived by the people they are officiating over, the crowd, coaches or any other observers.

The person officiating over Sunday night's ceremony was not an official rabbi; one visits periodically from Argentina.

It was the first time the governor general, Sir Peter Cosgrove, has officiated over the swearing-in ceremony since he took the top job in late March.

Officiating over the event is blonde glamour puss Rona Lisa Perretti (spot-on Katherine Kingsley), a former winner whose blinkered romanticising of the proceedings is in hilarious contrast to the dog-eat-dog reality.

"Neither the Romans nor the Ottomans or any other occupational force ever took anything from this holy site," said Yannis Kontopidis, one of the high priests who officiated over the affair.