Sentence examples for have devolved on from inspiring English sources

Although Longchamp eventually returned to England, he did not return to his diocese, and much of the administration of Ely would have devolved on Barre during Longchamp's absence.

(I am omitting the obvious racism, the letters from people that use slurs such as "chink," which have devolved on the internet into anonymous gibberish).

The movement appeared in the Iraqi city of Kūfah in the early 700s among supporters (called Shīʿites) of the fourth caliph ʿAlī, who believed that succession to ʿAlī's position of imam, or leader, of the Muslim community had devolved on Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥanafīyah (d. c. 700), one of his sons, and Abū Hāshim, a grandson.

But in the meantime, effective power within the duchy had devolved on the greater counts and viscounts (such as those of Armagnac and Lomagne), who were to dominate Gascony for centuries.

After all, I was her eldest daughter and after the death of my father, all responsibilities had devolved on her shoulder.

Honestly, I'm very disturbed that our political, economic and social systems have devolved to a point where teachers can't afford to live on their salaries.

PARIS — The United States' notions of U.N. sanctions on Iran have devolved over the past months from crippling ones to ones that bite to the currently described smart ones, which although packaged with the words tough and strong might not be hard-nosed enough to cost the mullahs a half-hour's lost sleep.

Mark Carney's words have increased the pressure on the government to speed up the planning process and row back on reforms that have devolved house-building decisions in England to local authorities.

Senate confirmation hearings on judicial nominations have devolved into almost total bullshit.

Well this level of "No Shit, Sherlock" is the point at which I feel the state of entrepreneurial thought has devolved to -- especially the constant emphasis on "hustle".

"We staked our authority to move people to higher ground on the maps". Instead, authority had devolved to homeowners.