Sentence examples for years presided over from inspiring English sources

The first of these is that America's slow-burn budgetary crisis requires that defence spending falls back to a more normal level after the fat years presided over by this president's predecessor.

· President Ali Abdullah Salih, in power for 30 years, presided over unification with the south in 1990 and civil war in 1994 but he may be losing his grip.

Selig, who has been commissioner for more than 20 years, presided over the height of the steroid era.

If the future sounds a bit less exciting than the rollercoaster years presided over by Mr Albanese and his peers it is because it probably will be.

He became the paper's literary editor in 1972 and for the next seven years presided over its book reviews and feature articles on authors.

Uganda has no airline of its own, after Museveni, in his early years, presided over the sale and complete collapse of the national carrier.

Mr. Bush has spent years presiding over an economic climate of growth that would be the envy of most presidents.

The cerebral, centrist Mr. Cox represents a break from the parochial Republican county leaders who have led the state party in recent years, presiding over disastrous electoral results.

Dos Santos has been in power for almost 30 years, presiding over a bloody and long civil war in which he emerged the victor.

Hurwitz became leader of the ECO and held the position for 20 years, presiding over a group in which the string playing was without peer.

Lalu Prasad, 65, served as India's railway minister and Bihar's chief minister for many years, presiding over a state so mired in corruption and poverty that it became known as "the Jungle Raj".