Example sentences of "and decided [conj] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOOK NOW Gary Moore Versatile former Thin Lizzy guitarist who , having dabbled in an impressive variety of styles , including heavy metal , jazz rock and folk , finally woke up one morning and decided that he was a blues guitarist . |
| 2 | He thought about the position which he was being forced to take , and decided that he was unhappy about the whole situation . |
| 3 | In a surprising and unexpected judgment , the European Court of Human Rights rejected the Commission 's view , and decided that there was no violation of Articles 8 or 12 . |
| 4 | I thought of the contents of the suitcase and decided that there was something in what he said . |
| 5 | Had the judge considered the matter directly and decided that there was no unfairness in admitting the statement , he would have been wholly justified . |
| 6 | He heard evidence from the newspaper which undermined the applicant 's evidence , and decided that there was not " a case so clear as to be beyond argument a case to answer " . |
| 7 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 8 | I do n't like doing intarsia knitting but I do like ‘ picture front ’ jumpers and decided that it was possible to do them by using the slip stitch Fair Isle method . |
| 9 | After half a mile she had rejected this hypothesis and decided that it was merely because she was unattractive , the sort of person who , fifty years ago , would have worn rubber galoshes . |
| 10 | The Court of Appeal considered whether an adjudicator 's decision in a construction contract ( see 6.8.5 ) was enforceable as an arbitration award , and decided that it was not , but their judgment was based on the interim nature of the adjudicator 's decision pending arbitration to which the decision would be subject , and not on any of the usual characteristics of experts ' decisions : the interim nature of adjudicators ' decisions is itself untypical of experts ' decisions . |