Example sentences of "[noun] decided [that] it be " in BNC.

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1 When Mussolini took over in Italy , Anna decided that it was her duty to make her protest on Italian soil as an Italian citizen ( a not too vulnerable one for the time being , but she tried her best ) .
2 McLeish decided that it was probably not the moment to suggest to her that the real reason any civil servant disliked lobbyists must be that the chaps were paid to make sure Ministers got a view other than the Departmental one .
3 The fact that the organisers decided that it was time to show Spanish Pop and the French New Realists made sense ; Martial Raysse has always seemed to me a very interesting artist , but he has been ignored outside France .
4 On his return to the USA Horton decided that it was time to try out some of his ideas , and to test them with the light of practical experience .
5 Ace decided that it was time to fetch the Doctor .
6 Against a background of the strategic concerns outlined above , the government decided that it was not prepared to take the risk of rejection by the market .
7 But at the time the government decided that it was perhaps the lesser of two evils , especially when all the anticipated dam-aging domestic and foreign implications of refusal were taken into account .
8 At an Italo-Ethiopian conference twenty years ago , experts who had overseen the transport of the Axum obelisk to Italy decided that it was too fragile to risk the home trip .
9 With about half a mile to go Elliott decided that it was time to make a move , and in a matter of a few strides Phar Lap had stormed up from last to first .
10 One possibility was " to write off the Shah and proceed on the unpalatable consumption that Mosadeq is the indisputable ruler of Persia and the only bulwark against Communism " In the end , however , the prime minister advisers decided that it was almost prudent for Britain to follow the American line .
11 Twoflower decided that it was meant to be a chuckle .
12 The answer was that Pomeranian Polish identity was no threat unless the Junkers decided that it was convenient for it to be so ; the identity of the Pomeranian Poles was so peripheral to Polish national identity that politically these people were no threat at all .
13 Amid mounting political and economic problems Attlee decided that it was impossible for the government to struggle on with its tiny majority .
14 The Solent searched for nearly 45 minutes until at 1945 the coastguard decided that it was too dangerous to continue searching close inshore in the dark and very bad conditions and suspended the search .
15 After lots of requests , the company decided that it was time to develop an armoured car for the average American .
16 Melissa decided that it was time to be sensible and practical .
17 Ltd [ 1944 ] 2 All ER 293 ( CA ) the Court of Appeal decided that it was not bound by a previous decision of that court , if satisfied that the decision in question was reached per incuriam .
18 So after very careful consideration and discussion , I and my Board colleagues decided that it was in the best interests of AEA and its employees to go ahead now .
19 Rostov decided that it was easier to go in search of what would pass in the Simonova for a command bridge than it was to remain in his quarters , while Vorontseff attempted to eradicate within the space of an hour the accumulated disarray of several years of civilian occupation .
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