Example sentences of "[noun pl] have decide [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rightly or wrongly , the Pavillon des Arts has decided to emphasise the festive spirit of the time . |
| 2 | It was here , under a straggle of dwarf oaks and rowans that a troupe of elderly walkers had decided to halt for their feed . |
| 3 | Was that why a handful of Cork 's Jews had decided to emigrate to Palestine ? |
| 4 | The electricity utilities had decided to use cheaper reprocessing facilities in France and the UK . |
| 5 | Joshi and a small group of supporters had decided to abandon the march at Jammu , ostensibly because of a landslide blocking the route , and agreed to be flown to Srinigar aboard an Indian Air Force carrier . |
| 6 | It was far worse for the Arabs whose homes lay in that part of Palestine in which the United Nations had decided to locate the new state of Israel . |
| 7 | We had agreed at the start of this thing that pressing the Harwich local council for housing would probably be more trouble than it was worth : if one of their inspectors had decided to check my circumstances with the port authorities , the customs people would inevitably have found out about the way in which I had been using their cupboard ( and would have had a pink fit , probably ) . |
| 8 | This was not because of the enemy fire , which was less frequent now than it had ever been , for evidently the sepoys had decided to bide their time until the end of the rains . |
| 9 | There have been instances recently where vast commercial organisations and even governments have been compelled to rethink their policies and their methods because a sufficient number of individual supermarket shoppers have decided to demonstrate the strength of their feelings by boycotting a particular item . |
| 10 | Looking for ways to cut the country 's output of greenhouse gases , the Kiwis have decided to feed anti-flatulence pills to their 60 million woollybacks |
| 11 | I think the important point I 'd like to make at the outset is that when the review of the requirement was carried out it was carried out both nationally and on a four nation basis , the ministers , once that was complete , the ministers decided that and stated publicly in December ninety two , that we will continue with the existing airframe and engine combination and that each nation er based on a family of aircraft concept could decide from a menu which equipments it would fit according to their individual requirements and their budget and we looked individually at each of the items to see what impact it would have on the operational capability if we were to remove them and what erm was decided in the end and the requirement reflects this , was signed last month by the Chief Surveyor 's staff , is that some nations have decided to remove certain items of equipment but for the U K we felt that it was necessary to keep all the major items and therefore as far as the U K is erm impact on the operational requirement is concerned , there is no significant alteration in its operational capability and therefore in overall percentage terms there is no decrease in the capability at all . |
| 12 | Given the difficult economic climate , many clients have decided to opt for the old adage that things can only be managed if they can be measured . |
| 13 | Instead of prolonging the dogfight with West Germany 's Telefunken over their rival bids for the radar contract for the European Fighter Aircraft , the two hi-tech defence manufacturers have decided to do the really European thing and co-operate ; Ferranti would use the Telefunken data-processor in its ECR-90 radar . |
| 14 | Instead of prolonging the dogfight with West Germany 's Telefunken over their rival bids for the radar contract for the European Fighter Aircraft , the two hi-tech defence manufacturers have decided to do the really European thing and co-operate ; Ferranti would use the Telefunken data-processor in its ECR-90 radar . |
| 15 | The referees have decided to adopt a policy of ‘ suck it and see ’ as regards the new laws . |
| 16 | But Brook supporters have decided to hit back by staging their own demonstration to support the centre 's work . |
| 17 | HMI pointed out that the arrangements for choice meant that by the mid-point of the third year , some youngsters had decided to discontinue study of a particular subject — at a point only three-fifths of the way through what was presumably a coherently planned five-year course . |
| 18 | The Communists had decided to pursue a policy which could not be followed by the ILP . |
| 19 | Having exhausted their historic potential , Gorbachev went on , the major capitalist countries had decided to accelerate the arms race and militarism of all kinds , and were deliberately preparing their populations for nuclear war . |
| 20 | A communiqué issued at the end of the meeting said that the three countries had decided to reactivate permanent security commissions with responsibility for " investigation , control and observation at the common borders " . |
| 21 | One of the things that helped us over this difficult period was the fact that earlier that year the cutter crews had decided to form their very own association . |
| 22 | My parents have decided to give of their talents . |
| 23 | Serbs and Croats have decided to live apart and to divide conquered Bosnia between them . |
| 24 | Conservatives have decided to do for the freedom fighters what the American left of the '30s did for the Communists in Spain . |
| 25 | THE AUSTRALIANS have decided to concentrate on sevens with the same single-mindedness that won them the 15-a-side title last year . |
| 26 | The Directors have decided to recommend to the ordinary shareholders at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 28th April 1993 , a final dividend of 17.05p per share ( 1991 equivalent 17.05p ) , payable on or after 1st July 1993 , to shareholders on the Register of Members at close of business on 7th May 1993 . |
| 27 | Since then General Electric has paid $150million for a half stake in the Hungarian light bulb manufacturer Tunsgram and General Motors has decided to build an engine plant there . |
| 28 | A joint communiqué signed at the UN in New York by the Singaporean Foreign Affairs and Community Development Minister , Wong Kan Seng , and the Chinese Foreign Minister , Qian Qichen , stated that the two governments had decided to establish diplomatic relations " on the basis of the five principles of peaceful coexistence and the principles enshrined in the Charter of the UN " . |
| 29 | The participants had decided to walk 20km on each of the first two days and finish by walking 10km on the last day . |
| 30 | Mr John Quinton , chairman of the Committee of London and Scottish Clearing Banks and of Barclays , told Mr MacGregor yesterday that all clearing banks had decided to withdraw from the scheme . |