Preposition: on

• subject: Clare is better qualified than I am to pontificate on this subject.

Preposition: about

• need: Within days of the results, their spokesman was on Newsnight pontificating about the need to persuade the electorate to accept the single currency.

Preposition: at

• length: Meanwhile Nicholas Parson pontificates at great length over the rise of the Lib Dems.

Adjective modifier

• 25-year: John Paul II His 25-year pontificate is 25 years of world history.

• 26-year: It was the first time that John Paul II had failed to deliver the Angelus blessing in his 26-year pontificate.

Modifying Another Word

• just: However he insists that he is not one to just pontificate but get things done.

• not: BROWN: I am not an expert on that subject, so I will not pontificate on it.

• n't: Boy, he read her feelings and he did n't pontificate, he asked a question.

Preposition: in

• history: The scope of the text is breathtaking as it sets out the blueprint for one of the greatest pontificates in history.