Sentence examples for he devolved to from inspiring English sources

Since Mr Abbas's resignation, he has recouped the limited powers he devolved to the prime minister.

That system, he wrote, devolved to "robber capitalism".

More lately, I knew, he'd devolved to the B-list, thanks to a series of screenplays that resulted in product shipped directly to Forest Lawn.

"I am not prepared to be a stooge for Westminster who keep secrets on matters which are now devolved to Northern Ireland," he said.

He said there were some areas of tax, such as landfill tax, the aggregates levy, housing stamp duty and air passenger duty which he would like to see devolved to Wales.

He "devolved" power to Scotland and Wales so as to make most of that leadership loyal to him.

He is critical of the way government devolved to the so-called Quad of Cameron, Clegg, Osborne and Alexander.

Osborne appears to feel that, whatever he might want, this matter should be devolved to local mayors and councils.

He said that as more tax powers were devolved to Scotland and Wales the formula's importance would decline.

He also said responsibility for planning permission would be devolved to local authorities.

He seemed less enthusiastic about the prospect of policing being devolved to Wales, given cross-border issues.