Example sentences of "decide [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was reminded of the Brecht poem in which the politicians decide that they can not trust the people and that they had better elect a new one . |
| 2 | ‘ We know that if the Conservatives decide that they want to prove something , they can always find instances , ’ said one . |
| 3 | The essence of the CBI approach — as it admits , and as the Government approves — is enlightened self-interest : salvation will only come when investors want to invest , not when well-meaning local politicians and bureaucrats decide that they ought to do so . |
| 4 | All these reviews may be postponed if the police decide that they are ‘ not practicable ’ . |
| 5 | Others give in , decide that they are past the stage where beauty has any relevance , and concentrate , perhaps with relief , on merely looking tidy and presentable . |
| 6 | We observe a set of events , and decide that they have one explanation which is vastly more probable than all others ; so we come to believe that this explanation is correct , and we use it to make predictions in future . |
| 7 | And if you decide that they are not , then you are back where you started . |
| 8 | Suppose that we consider the choice between L and M , ranked equally with the preferences shown , but that poor individuals decide that they prefer H to M ( see ranks in brackets ) . |
| 9 | What proportion of asylum seekers come into this country on visitors ' permits and then decide that they are in fear of persecution just as their permits come to an end ? |
| 10 | That as they 've been made redundant , as they 've been victimized for trade union activity possibly , we then as a union decide that they can not stand for office ? |
| 11 | The drawbacks to class displays do exist , but they are not insurmountable if you decide that they are worth overcoming . |
| 12 | In such circumstances a tribunal may chose to construe the Transfer Regulations purposively and decide that they apply . |
| 13 | If in the future the single management committee on the two headed centre decide that they want a single headed project then only Pharuk hearing which I always subscribe to that it should be decided locally , they may have that said project I 'm sure you 'd agree , if they choose to have such one , if they feel that they need it , but we want to ensure , do we not , and the amendment does n't do this that we actually get a move on , that we spend the money we have , what little there is and there is very little on delivering the services , that we fuse the bureaucracy which is clearly contained in the other and , clearly contained , it 's spelt out in in in in tablets of stone in a way that 's never been done before . |
| 14 | I think it 's true to say that , certainly at my school , about the age of fourteen of fifteen the girls suddenly decide that they ca n't do maths and there 's no way that they could understand anything scientific , but that , I think , is a lot deeper than just encouragement at school anyway . |
| 15 | They keep telling us about this poll tax , they 've got to cut the staff and then they decide that they 're going to give this man this money . |
| 16 | Sometimes we have problems finding a referee , or the perfect referee has gone to sea for a month , or the referee loses the figures and takes three weeks to ask for copies , or we have a furious debate over a paper at the hanging committee and decide that we need another specialist opinion . |
| 17 | Can I just quite clearly put on record , and it 's a unanimous decision of the board , we wrote to Edinburgh District a few weeks ago , we 've told them that we will use our best endeavours David , to prosecute the application at Hammerston If we get planning consent and we decide that we ca n't afford a new stadium in total , because of the economic situation , we are aggressively re-looking at the redevelopment of Tynecastle . |
| 18 | We have , in fact , preserved unanimity for all decisions where we decide that we need it . |
| 19 | Erm , and if we decide that we 're going to just kind of , as a result of a day like that , do three things or something like that , you know , erm I 'm not sure that that 's helpful but |
| 20 | Some decide that their child should be using a teacher beaker by the age of 6 months while others will happily breastfeed until the age of 3 years . |
| 21 | The mere fact that something is sold as a bulk product to a specification need not , in itself , decide that one should move out of it . |
| 22 | The trustees have sufficient discretion for future use of the estate … if they decide that its interests are best served by selling it they can do so . |
| 23 | We do it when we decide that someone is unable to attend a school we have already described as ‘ comprehensive ’ . |
| 24 | However , should he look round , decide that there are no children and omit the address , there will be dark mutterings : ‘ He missed oot the children 's address … ’ |
| 25 | If two people are shooting and both decide that there will be no more rabbits bolting then both should finish shooting together . |
| 26 | We have all heard the phrase ‘ paralysis by analysis ’ , and it is depressingly easy to analyse to greater and greater degrees of minutiae , becoming ever more dissatisfied with the conclusions that you are forming , until eventually you decide that there is not sufficient data to take any action at all . |
| 27 | I decide that whoever this hobgoblin is , her business is with Jamie and not with me . |
| 28 | However , if my peers decide that I have violated our psychological contract then they , too , have great power to influence my behaviour . |
| 29 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE has left the restaurant , I decide that I might as well leave too . |
| 30 | After considerable reflection , a discussion of the match with a wide circle of friends , a session with a sports psychiatrist , and two calls to the Samaritans , I decide that I lost because Martin played much better than I did . |