Example sentences of "they decided [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They decided that packed lunches should be standard-rated from 1 July . |
| 2 | They decided that , in addition to the traditional , and largely vain , efforts to curb drug production , there is an urgent need to step up the offensive from the other end of the drugs trail . |
| 3 | They decided that it could only be because Joan 's health was so poor in the fens that the professor was forced to move . |
| 4 | They decided that her objections to adoption were not unreasonable and dismissed an appeal by the local authority against a county court judge 's rejection of its adoption proposal on the grounds that it was premature . |
| 5 | They decided that it was very strange and exciting , and a very good reason to gallop around , and to snort and buck , and to carry on like madmen . |
| 6 | Finally convinced that there was no hope of agreement , they decided that the proper action was to disband the tribe , each chief becoming an independent leader of his own village … ( and ) declared the Nez Perce nation dissolved … |
| 7 | They decided that a low profile was the best way to redeem the situation and restore order . |
| 8 | But soon the colleges came to grips with Little Shop of Horrors as a topic for campus debate the world over , and they decided that Corman was telling them that he was not trying to hide the fact that it was a cheaply made film — this was the one he shot in two days — but he was n't trying to pass it off as serious movie-making either . |
| 9 | After a discussion , they decided that their best hope for safety would lie in leaving the house , making for the shore and trying to get away in a ship . |
| 10 | Thus they decided that : the number of governors on the school 's policy-making group , the management board , should be increased by three ; the right of governors to attend the meetings of all other groups in the school 's internal consultative structure would be formalised ; the governors would continue to establish task groups and working parties of their own and these would continue to be open to all teachers . |
| 11 | T. D. Orange Lodges had their processions — be an occasional explosion when someone tried to dodge between you and they decided that once the procession started , nobody must cross the bows . |
| 12 | Taking a patronizing look at the newcomers , all aged only between seventeen and twenty and dressed in little check practice outfits , they decided that they looked childish and immediately nicknamed them the Tiller Babes . |
| 13 | Some of them had gotten to greater than 400°C , so they decided that they had better cool the reactor . ’ |
| 14 | On the basis of these lists , though still with some hesitation , they decided that their views of marriage matched . |
| 15 | They decided that Victoria would accompany them to the funeral , but that Hilary , who was a delicate child , should not be exposed to the January chill . |
| 16 | They decided that he 'd have to marry me . |
| 17 | And the more they talked about it the more they decided that it was . |
| 18 | They decided that the undercover plotters would be most afraid of publicity and political pressure and that their best hope would be to find an influential member of parliament who would believe their story . |
| 19 | Against the urgent advice of Keith , Fraser and other veterans , they decided that the English were afraid to put it to the test ; but they were not . |
| 20 | To settle this , they decided that they would have to improve the detector still more . |
| 21 | They decided that this was because tritium from the heavy water had fused with deuterium in the rods . |
| 22 | The students at Beida , some of whom were on the verge of taking to the streets , probably feared the possible repercussions and with the end of term imminent , they decided that open protest was not worth the risk . |
| 23 | They decided that he was only in it for himself and was not the sort of person the comrades wanted to have with them , and definitely not part of the consensus . |
| 24 | They decided that Pilger , Hayling and the journalists simply could n't be bothered to make the move . |
| 25 | Feeling that little was to be gained by personal protest either to the BBC or through their local MP to Parliament , they decided that the best approach was to issue a Manifesto . |
| 26 | On Tuesday , they decided that the most sensible course must be to return to London . |
| 27 | Fleury was not sure that his own teeth were very sound either so they decided that the best thing to do was to suck the cakes and perhaps dip them in the tea to soften them . |
| 28 | They decided that by 1985 , the computer would be a " commonly used tool " in education , both for computer-assisted instruction and for record-keeping : |
| 29 | Since the English and their local supporters wore red crosses , their cause could be seen , meteorologically , to be a lost one ; they decided that ‘ God wanted that they should be French ’ , and French they became . |
| 30 | The petitioner now petitions for special leave to appeal on the ground that the Court of Appeal were in error on 4 November 1991 when they decided that the petitioner was not entitled to appeal as of right . |