Sentences with phrase «presided over the end»

History will remember him as the leader who presided over the end of a three century old union, the man who signed off on a weak question on the ballot paper, failed to focus on the campaign until it was far too late and then, when he finally realised the error of his ways, sprinted to Scotland and spluttered out a panicked - looking promise of everything he'd never wanted.

Without action, this government could preside over the end of the school meals service as we know it.»

January 9, 2015 • Mahinda Rajapaksa, who presided over the end of the island nation's long and brutal civil war, lost to a former ally and Cabinet minister, Maithripala Sirisena.

Not exact matches

America had come to the merciful end of an off - season filled with grim headlines: from the epic corruption of ex — Fiesta Bowl chairman John Junker to the serial lies of ex — Ohio State coach Jim Tressel to the firing of coach Butch Davis at North Carolina (for presiding, albeit unknowingly, over academic fraud, among other sins) to Oregon's $ 25,000 payment to an alleged «street agent.»

Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner has been linked with moves for a number of possible replacements for Alex McLeish, who essentially met expectations of Villa Park fans by presiding over a disastrous campaign that came perilously close to ending in relegation.

Yes, he presided over a six - game losing streak in the middle of 2015 — but he also helped Atlanta win six of its first seven and two of its last three, including a Week 16 matchup in which the Falcons ended the Panthers» dreams of an undefeated season.

Incompetence is when a government promises to reduce the import of rice by one third and in eight years rather preside over the increase of rice import from $ 100 million at the end of year 2000 to 500 million dollars by the close of 2008.

Cuomo, during a brief stop in Albany to preside over the Electoral College, said he's still trying to work out a deal with the Legislature to return before the end of the year to act on a number of issues.

It's time to end the toxic, master and servant, relationship between Westminster and town hall elites that has presided over the managed decline of our region.

In the space of three years he went from being lauded as the UK's most successful chancellor of the exchequer who had declared the «end of boom and bust» and «the beginning of a new Golden Age» to presiding over a country in a debilitating credit crunch amid Labour in - fighting, a breakdown in relations with many colleagues including his chancellor, and ultimately a failure to dissuade the electorate against the Tory / Lib Dem mantra that Labour allowed it all to go wrong.

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the weekly meeting of the council presided over by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo.

Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara made this known at the end of a caucus of the party which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

This was confirmed by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt - Gen Yusuf Bruntai, on Thursday while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the Security Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja.

Mr Nicklinson wants the judges presiding over his case to rule that, if he makes the informed decision to end his life, a doctor will be immune from prosecution if they help him to do so.

Cameron said Brown had often lauded his economic stewardship but despite his claim to have ended boom and bust, Brown had presided over the «longest, deepest recessions in recent memory».

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja at the end of a meeting of the National Economic Council presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The Federal Executive Council presided over by him has just ended and he has been busy receiving visitors and holding meetings.»

Cameron said Brown had often lauded his own economic stewardship but despite his claim to have ended boom and bust, Brown had presided over the «longest, deepest recession in recent memory».

This is a Conservative - led government presiding over the highest tax burden since the end of the second world war and the smallest standing army since Victorian times.

Taki (voiced by Ryunosuke Kamiki), an adolescent boy living in Tokyo, and Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi), a teenage girl in a small mountain village presided over by her monstrous father, end up in each other's bodies one day after the appearance of a comet.

At one point, both men end up living in a sinister mental hospital presided over by a Chinese heroin syndicate, whose payroll, in turn, also includes a flamboyant, coke - addled corporate executive (Martin Short) and — possibly — an LAPD - employed contract killer (Peter McRobbie) responsible for the death of, among others, the former partner of Doc's main foil: one Detective Christian «Bigfoot» Bjornsen.

For the sake of this end - of - term (video conference) presentation, Justice McConnell presided over a mock US Supreme Court hearing with one student in my class serving in the role of petitioner and another student in my class serving in the role of respondent.

Weingarten is presiding over the AFT's convention in the City of Angels just a month after a California judge handed down his ruling in Vergara v. California ending the near - lifetime employment laws upon which the AFT's influence (and that of the NEA) is dependent.

I was inspired by history, and by contemporary reality, but in the end, the world I tried to evoke is one outside of time, a world at once familiar and strange, populated by travelers, storytellers, scholars and exiles, and presided over by Jade Dragon Mountain.

The incumbent Board has presided over a company that has failed to file its financial statements for any period since the quarter ended March 31, 2008, failed to hold an annual meeting since 2007, and failed to file an Annual Report for the year ended 2008.

A different judge ended up presiding over the arraignment.

The Management Committee shall select a member to chair and preside over its meetings, which member shall serve in such capacity for a term ending on the next succeeding December 31.

Temporary spousal maintenance, if any, ends when the NYS judge presiding over the divorce issues the Judgment of Divorce or upon the death of either party, whichever occurs first.