Despite the chancellor's commitment to long-term planning for spending, Gordon Brown has in practice presided over a bust and boom in public expenditure.
St. Ambrose, that paragon of proper belief and practice, presided over his diocese from the Cathedral Church of St. Thecla and recommended to the nuns of his diocese the life of St. Thecla as a model of virginal dedication.
Reagan may have preached small government, but in practice he presided over a lot of spending growth — and right now that's exactly what America needs.
While continuing to practice law, he presided over the Masters until his death in 1971.
It had several integrated functions including fiscal, executive, and judicial responsibilities and it was the final court of appeal; in theory and often in practice the king presided over its deliberations.
But it's obvious, first, that China's political regime is remarkable, even given the annals of history, for the hypocrisy of its position: officially it's building the socialist future,in practice it's presiding over a crony capitalist Gilded Age.
Mr. Wright, meanwhile, presided at practice like a staff sergeant, barking out orders.
Earlier, Donald was one of a group of players, including many of Clarke's European Tour colleagues, who attended a memorial service for his wife staged on Medinah's practice putting green and presided over by the US Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman.
"Our Chinese clients have their sights set on London, and they know what they want," says Keith Griffiths, the Welsh-born chairman of Aedas, who presides over the 1,400-strong 1,400-strongm its Hong Kong headquarters.
— Mike D'Antoni presided over his first Knicks practice Tuesday morning and to his great delight did not find a gymnasium full of malcontents, miscreants and listless losers.
D'Antoni arrived Thursday and began presiding over practices, but he delayed his debut on the bench because of concerns about his mobility and stamina.
