Sentence examples for presides about from inspiring English sources

The parental deception, the excess, the way in which getting eclipses giving: even enthusiasts must admit to occasional doubts about the ritual over which Santa Claus presides, about the lying that seems obligatory, about the way the myth manages to overshadow more complex forms of faith.

But that wasn't what happened: On the last day, the chair took off and she was left to preside for about 14 hours.

Tells about a session of the Board of Estimate over which LaGuardia presided; about cranks who come around regularly to see him, etc.

Just three workdays remain until Congress packs it in for 2013, and the House that Boehner presides over is about to set the record for the least productive year in its history — a quixotic goal that the tawny Ohioan set for himself when he arrived in Washington, in 1991.

She presides over about 4,000 officers and 450 civilians.

THESE days, Alfred Harrison lives in Minneapolis and presides over about $80 billion of investments for Alliance Capital Management.

In a note sent to the presiding judge, Linda G. Baxter, about 4 20 p.m., the panel of six men and six women said it had come to a "complete standstill" in its discussions and suggested that further deliberations would be fruitless.

In his first 10 years in New York, Cardinal O'Connor presided over about 30 school closings, Mr. Zwilling said.

Its managing director, John Lister, has been carrying out sea burials for 25 years and thinks he has presided over about 250 of them.

The decision was announced after Mr. Muhammad complained to the presiding judge about an abscessed tooth that he said hindered his ability to speak.

The presiding narrative about ice melt in the Arctic largely focuses on seasonal ice, which is built up and lost in shorter intervals, The Atlantic's CityLab reports.