Sentence examples for On devoted from inspiring English sources

He resigned as director of the Society of Friends of Music in 1875, and from then on devoted his life almost solely to composition.

Spurred on in this way, at the age of 20 he abandoned his law studies and from then on devoted himself to writing.

But he fell out with the chancellor in 1960, and from then on devoted his large energies, meddlesome attention to detail and astute tactical capacities to Die Zeit, where his opinion pieces were often at odds with those of his more liberal editors-in-chief.

He published a long stream of articles and books — his collected works cover thirty volumes — but also found time to act as a company chairman, magazine publisher, patron of the arts, journalist, investor, and (from 1925 on) devoted and faithful husband.

Judges with little or no trial experience - including at least one who lacked a law degree - have allowed proceedings to drag on, devoted unnecessary time to frivolous arguments, made legally unfounded rulings, and let some defendants misuse the courtroom as a platform for political speeches.

Our victory also depends on devoting the resources necessary to win this war.

According to friends, he was already ill, but he was also intent on devoting himself to his own writing.

And he insisted on devoting time to his job as a senator from Vermont last year rather than matching Mrs. Clinton's all-out effort to capture the nomination.

Had the museums charged I am sure my husband would have insisted on devoting the day to seeing everything thoroughly, putting the rest of us off the experience.

Even French farmers must be wondering how much longer the EU can be induced to go on devoting half its budget to subsidising an industry that employs only about 5% of the EU's working population.

Plan on devoting 10-15 hours per week on your research, split between laboratory research and library research.