Sentence examples for steer the proceedings from inspiring English sources

Between the election and the convention, Breckinridge and Judge Caleb Wallace worked with Nicholas (who did not seek election as a delegate) to draft resolutions that Breckinridge would introduce at the convention in an attempt to steer the proceedings toward conservative positions.

Sometimes prickly but mostly unperturbed, Sir Richard steered the proceedings, which covered charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide relating to the wars in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo during the 1990's.

Most nonflying animals would have fallen out of control, but the geckos glided, twisting and waving their tails to steer, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

They steer the conversation away.

Let her steer the conversation.

Mascherano, unpressured and unimpressed as always, steered proceedings from the base of the midfield, but it was the forward lights who shone most brightly: Lavezzi showed why Europe's scouts are so keen to scour the Chinese Super League for promising young has-beens, while Gonzalo Higuaín's Copa mini-slump can now be definitively declared over.

He gently steered the conversation.

Anthony Velez, 16, steered the tiller.

"He steered the project".

The Circle Pad steers the kart.

In the second room there's a quartet of jocks to steer proceedings in a house-wards direction comprising K1R3Y, LTD!, Deejay Philly and Ryan B. Junk, London Road, Sat John Mitchell There's a trend at the moment for DJs to provide live soundtracks to old movies.