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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Discussions have been initiated and we hope that agreement will be reached with several colleges to devolve responsibility to them in 1989.
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I found myself staring at her, my mind devolving from the content of the short and impersonal crematorium service.
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If everyone charges ahead in his own direction, why does society not devolve into anarchy?
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One result of devolving off-duty allocation to ward level may be arrangements which take too much account of staff interests.
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Southwark's model of care management will not devolve financial responsibility for community care to care managers.
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The goal of the welfare bill is to devolve power and responsibilty to the states.
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They included clauses to devolve power by increasing the autonomy and economic power of local councils.
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Thus half the effort of benefit-cost analysis would devolve upon the firm, whose owners' best interests dictate accurate cost estimates.