Example sentences of "decision [vb past] to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would cause endless difficulties if their decision happened to be misplaced , dozy or ill thought-out . ’ |
| 2 | A decision fell to be made here — whether the castle party should cross first , or the larger group which was to form the barrier ? |
| 3 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke alerted Tory MPs to expect a public backlash when he went on TV to ram home the message that ‘ painful ’ spending decisions had to be accepted by the country . |
| 4 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke alerted Tory MPs to expect a public backlash when he went on TV to ram home the message that ‘ painful ’ spending decisions had to be accepted by the country . |
| 5 | He told the BBC 's On The Record that difficult decisions had to be made in the Budget . |
| 6 | How would they fare if the decisions had to be made in split seconds ? |
| 7 | WE had nearly all of the travelling world rugby media staying at the same hotel as the Wallabies and decisions had to be made ’ , he said . |
| 8 | All decisions had to be made by his two corps commanders . |
| 9 | On my fifth and final visit , the operation was led by Alec Douglas-Home himself , although he played no part in the actual discussions except at some crucial moments when decisions had to be made . |
| 10 | Previously when bottlenecks arose in the benefit delivery system regional or local decisions had to be made that might affect implementation , now there is a central ‘ directorate ’ which is likely to be involved in the examination of policy feasibility and which plays an important part in determining how policy is implemented . |
| 11 | Under these difficult conditions , some firm decisions had to be made on cost savings , both with regard to investment and labour . |
| 12 | In particular , the rapid ossification of the Soviet hardline position in the East and the Cold War division which resulted from this meant that clear decisions had to be taken . |
| 13 | ‘ The Egypt Committee ’ , Selwyn Lloyd remembered , ‘ would , however , continue to function , but if emergency decisions had to be taken the Cabinet would be recalled . ’ |
| 14 | But nevertheless I had seen the Cabinet agenda getting more and more overflowing and , therefore , Cabinet decisions had to be taken quickly . |
| 15 | For example , shareholdings divided in the proportion of 66% and 34% were found to constitute joint control , as a 34% shareholding represented a minority blocking vote and so important decisions had to be taken with the consent of this minority shareholder . |
| 16 | Clearly the point had arrived in September 1947 where fundamental decisions had to be taken on the American commitment to Korea . |
| 17 | Decisions had to be taken about which information was best presented in the form of bar-charts , and which was more suited to pie-charts or line graphs . |
| 18 | Adjourning the inquest , North Durham Coroner Geoffrey Burt said further decisions had to be taken before a full inquest could be held . |
| 19 | In the second half of the century decisions continued to be taken by a series of similar committees and indirectly by the seven provinces which sent delegates to the States-General . |
| 20 | Only an occasional great congress or conference — such as that of Berlin in 1878 — brought momentarily into existence something palely anticipating the ‘ summit ’ diplomacy of the twentieth century , and even then the major decisions tended to be made before the great men met . |
| 21 | A decision had to be made ; or maybe it already had been made by Copper , because if he had decided to lie down before I could get back to him his leg would have been broken irreparably . |
| 22 | After graduation I worked in London for a couple of years , but in 1985 a decision had to be made : my husband had just finished a sixmonth intensive training course at the Thatching Advisory Service in Berkshire . |
| 23 | It 's not the right song for the show , but we had so little time and a decision had to be made . |
| 24 | Quasi-judicial functions , it was thought , were best committed to politically responsible Ministers rather than to courts because ultimately the required decision had to be made on policy grounds . |
| 25 | And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston . |
| 26 | A decision had to be made … soon . |
| 27 | A decision had to be made . |
| 28 | Now in the case of Vietnam , a decision had to be made to intervene or not to intervene . |
| 29 | This broad policy decision had to be implemented by examining boards , schools and individual teachers . |
| 30 | One major issue on which a decision had to be taken was the route . |