Sentence examples for presided until from inspiring English sources

In 1849 a branch of the community was established in London, over which Faber presided until his death.

As an office worker in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia), Bauer in 1895 founded the Office Employees Association, over which he presided until 1908.

The heyday of "the New Yorker story" coincided so neatly with the tenure of William Shawn, who succeeded Harold Ross as editor in 1952 and presided until 1987, that it might instead be called "the Shawn story".

His "Farquharson Report" led to the formation of the Medical Research Council of Canada in 1960, over which he presided until his death.

The Rev Ian Paisley, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, the only mainstream party to oppose the 1998 deal, presides (until his retirement in May) over the devolved executive.

He argued that the House should elect an interim Speaker, who would preside until the Ethics Committee completed its investigation of Gingrich for having made, as Gingrich himself acknowledged, misleading submissions regarding his political and charitable enterprises.

After months of crisis, Tunisia's transition got back on track when ruling Islamist party Ennahda agreed to compromise late last year and step down to make way for a technocrat government that will preside until the vote later this year.

In fact, the Chief Judge of the military commissions, Col. James Pohl, was so bothered that he decided on Wednesday (in an order posted, unusually quickly, on the commissions website) to put on hold the case of the five defendants on trial for the September 11 , 2001 terrorist attacks, over which he presides, until the Pentagon rescinds its order.

In 1932, she defected to Harper's Bazaar, and presided there until 1957, becoming an industry legend (she received the Légion d'Honneur for her support of French couture).

He transformed a huddle of crumbling brownstones and workshops into a verdant cloister, which he presided over until his death in 1986.

Unless the new legislature and cabinet produce a radically different PA to the one that Mr Abbas has presided over until now, public support in Israel will grow for a hardline, no-peace-talks approach.