| Once three graces, now three crones, the old women preside over their table and their kingdom of life. |
| He will preside at the piano while the baritone Kenneth Holton handles the vocal chores. |
| The World Trade Organisation will preside over a conference of most of the world's countries in Cancun, Mexico, this month. |
| He had to preside over a layoff, which has never made any new boss popular in the history of new bossdom. |
| The minister said he would not preside over the closure of any railway lines. |
| The boatmen deny the charge that they preside over a closed shop, which the new licence will finally open up. |
