Example sentences of "have decide against [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | If he had known what fate lay in store for his beloved Boks perhaps State President F.W. de Klerk would have decided against holding a midweek reception for the three teams about to lock horns for the supremacy of the Southern Hemisphere some 200 metres down an old mine shaft on the Johannesburg Reef — Shaft 14 , Gold Reed City , to be precise . |
2 | While Cibber later subscribed , he must have decided against producing the play . |
3 | Filmmakers settled down to live with the Americans , having decided against launching any further substantial challenges on their home turf . |
4 | The Government was understood to have decided against making a statement at the request of Labour which wanted the opportunity to reply in full to the Budget . |
5 | ‘ Actually I 've decided against having children . |
6 | A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed it had decided against referring the sentence to the Attorney General . |
7 | A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed it had decided against referring the sentence to the Attorney General . |
8 | They had decided against inviting Bill O'Farrell , the agent , or Leroy Burns , Grunte 's ‘ minder ’ , as the conspirators were pretty certain that those two would leak everything to the MP . |
9 | Recalling , though , how on the drive to Karlovy Vary she had decided against bombarding him with questions so that he could concentrate on his driving , Fabia , with some reluctance , faced the fact that that was the only course to follow . |
10 | In May 1991 Rajiv Gandhi 's widow , Sonia Gandhi , had refused the presidency of the Congress ( I ) [ see p. 38175 ] , and in October she had decided against contesting her late husband 's constituency [ see p. 38532 ] . |
11 | The Greens had decided against contesting the two seats because it would cost £1,500 to enter each candidate and the money would probably be lost . |
12 | She had decided against announcing her intentions so soon . |
13 | With some pique Lydia understood that he had decided against finding her interesting . |
14 | On the first major privatisation — that of British Telecom — the right hon. Member for Hertsmere ( Mr. Parkinson ) gave the game away when he said : ’ I have decided against breaking up BT before offering it to the public . |
15 | Now regional health chiefs have decided against funding the service themselves . |
16 | Libya-Venice axis Venetian politicians have decided against accepting a Libyan offer to annex their city to prevent it from sinking any further into either the sea or debt . |
17 | One obvious thing to do would have been to write about the facilities available to homeless people ( or the chronic lack of them in key areas like medical help ) ; however , I have decided against doing that . |
18 | COLCHESTER United , with a host of attacking options , have decided against keeping West Ham forward Dean Martin for a third month on loan . |
19 | But if you are one of the 75 per cent who have decided against having an independent survey , then read on — you need this book more than anyone . |