Example sentences of "decision [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming on the heels of the Ashby Report , which had lacked conviction in Tutorials and had recommended that the reference to them in grant regulations be dropped , the Board 's decision seemed to be another blow to what had traditionally been regarded as the apex of WEA work . |
| 2 | ‘ It would cause endless difficulties if their decision happened to be misplaced , dozy or ill thought-out . ’ |
| 3 | A decision fell to be made here — whether the castle party should cross first , or the larger group which was to form the barrier ? |
| 4 | However , once its sentencing decisions came to be regularly reported in the Criminal Law Review ( from 1954 onwards ) , the way was then open for the Court of Appeal to start laying down general sentencing principles for lower courts to apply in similar cases in the future . |
| 5 | They certainly exercised this power , but their ability to enforce their decisions appeared to be weak . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ The Egypt Committee ’ , Selwyn Lloyd remembered , ‘ would , however , continue to function , but if emergency decisions had to be taken the Cabinet would be recalled . ’ |
| 8 | But nevertheless I had seen the Cabinet agenda getting more and more overflowing and , therefore , Cabinet decisions had to be taken quickly . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He told the BBC 's On The Record that difficult decisions had to be made in the Budget . |
| 11 | How would they fare if the decisions had to be made in split seconds ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | All decisions had to be made by his two corps commanders . |
| 14 | Clearly the point had arrived in September 1947 where fundamental decisions had to be taken on the American commitment to Korea . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 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 | their decisions had to be in conformity with the organisation 's general policies ; |
| 19 | Under these difficult conditions , some firm decisions had to be made on cost savings , both with regard to investment and labour . |
| 20 | Adjourning the inquest , North Durham Coroner Geoffrey Burt said further decisions had to be taken before a full inquest could be held . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | How right this intuitive decision proved to be and how well his intuition served him in the years ahead . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | One major issue on which a decision had to be taken was the route . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It 's not the right song for the show , but we had so little time and a decision had to be made . |
| 30 | 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 . |