Adjective modifier

• Republican: Why can it shift so easily from Democratic or Republican presidencies, coupled with Republican or Democratic Congresses?

Converse of object

• resign: Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

• assume: On July 1st, the UK assumes the presidency of the European Union.

• lay: Some have told us that lay presidency is as important to them as the ordination of women.

• hold: UK presidency gives chance to set agenda The UK holds the presidency of the European Union for six months from 1 January 1998.

• win: In late 2005, Morales won the presidency with a historic 54 percent of the vote.

Noun used with modifier

• team: Team presidencies could keep those cherished features while ensuring that the Council has a system efficient enough to cope with an enlarged EU.

Adjective modifier

• Austrian: The next meeting will take place in April 2006 under the Austrian presidency.

• Finnish: The framework for adopting common European immigration policies was set out under the Finnish presidency at the 1999 summit meeting in Tampere.

• stolen: International news and analysis Mexican presidential election: Another stolen presidency?

• imperial: And that seemed to be just what was called for during this phase of the " imperial presidency.

Modifies a noun

• member: The other presidency members were appointed by their respective republics and provinces.

• conference: She floated the idea in a speech to a Belgian presidency conference.

Noun used with modifier

• vise: This happened in the early days of Al Gore's vise presidency, when he was still trying to be a practicing environmentalist.

Possessives

• country: Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg aims to complete the review of the pact during his country's presidency of the European Union.

Preposition: in

• election: Now those very same people are begging him to stand for the presidency in the current elections.

Preposition: of

• union: Usually only when Ireland holds the rotating presidency of the union.

• council: The presidency of the council rotates in Arabic alphabetical order.