Sentence examples for leaving affairs from inspiring English sources

He appears to have taken little interest in his official duties both as paymaster and inspector-general, leaving affairs in the hands of Edmund Waters.

Shah Maḥmūd left affairs of state to Fatḥ Khan.

The son of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Romanus was a politically incapable ruler who left affairs of state to the eunuch Joseph Bringas and military affairs to Nicephorus Phocas; Nicephorus became emperor after Romanus' death with the help of Romanus' widow, Theophano.

His relationship with Franz Joseph was exacerbated by his continuous pressure on the emperor, who in his later years left affairs to take care of themselves but sharply resented any interference with his prerogative.

Pombal encouraged the royal family to while away their days in the country and leave affairs of state to him.

It would handle domestic policy, leaving foreign affairs and economic co-ordination to a federal parliament.

Leaving that affair, Mr. Obama then met with a mostly Greenwich crowd of 150 people in a gated section of town known as Conyers Farm, which straddles Connecticut and New York.

The reader perks up when Schaller leaves global affairs to engage in some uncharacteristic personal revelation.

Women, he claimed, have a natural vocation to be wives and mothers; they are to leave public affairs to men.

When Harry died, he had left his affairs in trust with a Mr. Sommers and the Bank.

The University College London graduate insists that he leaves team affairs to the manager, although he admits that results are all important.