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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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Devolution is when a central government transfers powers to a local government .
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Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level , such as a regional or local level .


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It originally referred to an oath taken by jurors to tell the truth .
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It originally referred to an oath taken by jurors to tell the truth , i.e. , to say what is true , what is objectively accurate or subjectively honest , or both .


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He got his ideas from the railway lines next to the site , the London spires in the paintings of 18th-century Venetian painter Canaletto , and the masts of sailing ships .
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He was inspired by the railway lines next to the site , the London -LSB- spire -RSB- s depicted by the 18th-century -LSB- Republic of Venice -PIPE- Venetian -RSB- painter -LSB- Canaletto -RSB- , and the -LSB- Mast ( sailing ) -PIPE- masts -RSB- of sailing ships .