Sentence examples for as a devolved from inspiring English sources

And, as a devolved agency, the police are not mandated to adopt the coalition's national digital by default programme.

We've had a good relationship and as a devolved region, as a first minister, it's essential that we have a good relationship with whichever party is in government.

If the UK is to function as a devolved democracy, it needs stronger local news, regional news and news services for the nations".

As a devolved matter it is for the Scottish people to decide how best to spend resources on health services," the department of health said in a statement.

The point of the CPA, in its own wording, is "to make unity attractive to the south"; that is, to give the south as many reasons as possible to stay as a devolved part of a greater Sudan.

As a devolved administration it has no access to any BP tax revenues – these flow directly into the Treasury, and it is forbidden from playing a formal role in international affairs.

Breaking the vicious circle will require, as well as devolving power to cities and regions, better focused central government intervention.

As well as devolving more funding for skills and employment projects, Miliband said that Labour would expand apprenticeships in science, technology and maths.

But what had been billed as a reconciliation quickly devolved into a screaming match, according to three attendees.

The scenario slipped away as things devolved into a saturnalia, "a psychic pigout" in the words of one participant, and a dangerous one.

What must have began as a misunderstanding quickly devolved into plates of food and metal chairs being hurled off the balcony onto the masses below.