Example sentences of "decide on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you 've decided on a route and how your going to tackle it , the last factor in the equation is when to go . |
| 2 | Somewhere here were the contributions of Duroc 's ancestors : a series of articles co-written by Pierre Henri Duroc and Donatien Alphonse Francois , Marquis de Sade , speculating on the limits of the human mind when confronted with endless pain ; some transcripts from the meetings of Robespierre 's Committee of Public Safety , in which the fates of some of the first families of France were decided on a whim ; a suppressed account of certain discoveries in a pre-human city that came to light in 19th-century French Equatorial Africa before the cyclopean stones mysteriously sank into the soft jungle earth ; Cauchemar et Fils , Maitres des Mondes Perdues , an unpublished novel by M. Jules Verne that was purchased from the author by a Great-Great-Great-Uncle and consigned to obscurity because it described a steam-driven engine to open up a gateway to a world of dreams that bore a remarkable similarity to a device that the Duroc of the time had indeed developed . |
| 3 | Once you 've decided on a bathroom suite , the next thing to consider is heating , lighting and ventilation . |
| 4 | On 29 January 1716 Argyll , assisted by one of Marlborough 's favourite staff officers , General William Cadogan , who had brought with him to Scotland the 6000 Dutch troops who had swollen the Hanoverian army , began his advance on Perth where that same night the rebels decided on a retreat towards Dundee . |
| 5 | Roman was the last man to turn aside once he had decided on a course of action . |
| 6 | We have n't decided on a name for the band yet , though ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We 've been planning a family for a while but I would n't be surprised if the baby 's born and we have n't decided on a name , ’ she says . |
| 8 | So I mean I wo n't take them now if you have thought erm and if y if you have er decided on a name I wo n't erm make a note of it now , erm but if you can all remember that that we definitely need the confirmation names sorted out . |
| 9 | The third book was about the progress of thought versus theology in mediaeval times ; Paul had not yet decided on a title . |
| 10 | They had decided on a trial separation , Charles staying with his friends at barracks in London , while his wife lived at Alma Terrace , Arthur Road , Clewer , a district of Windsor . |
| 11 | The boys had now decided on a nickname for me : Mona , after Leonardo 's Mona Lisa . |
| 12 | Or , having decided on a day 's menu , discovering that you do n't have the right ingredients to hand ? |
| 13 | ‘ And we 've decided on a change of approach . ’ |
| 14 | Having decided on a transformation whose result may be the present tree , undoing this transformation . |
| 15 | I want continuous ventilation in a bedroom and have decided on a trickle ventilator . |
| 16 | Once you 've decided on a specification , create a shortlist of machines and check out the reviews . |
| 17 | Once you 've decided on a specification , create a shortlist of machines and check out the reviews . |
| 18 | That 's what retired employees from the plant decided on a show of hands this year when they were given the option of switching the event to Christmas . |
| 19 | These are decided on a points system and the judgements of the commissaires ( referees ) who guide the race in conjunction with its parent body , the Société du Tour de France . |
| 20 | As mentioned above , Forest Press decided on a policy of continuous revision in 1983 . |
| 21 | When we have decided on a root , then the tree automatically becomes directed : Each arc is given an arrow pointing away from the root , as in Figure 4 . |
| 22 | The committee , chaired by the Leader of the Lords , Lord Wakeham , has decided on a package that includes relaxation of rules that prevent benefit claimants from taking further education courses which occupy more than 21 hours a week . |
| 23 | The committee , chaired by the Leader in the Lords , Lord Wakeham , has decided on a package that includes relaxation of rules that prevent benefit claimants from taking further education courses which occupy more than 21 hours a week . |
| 24 | ‘ So you have n't decided on a set number for yourself ? |
| 25 | Well , it just has not happened , and when they have decided on a theme , it has been so late at night that Ministers have not been told , ’ said one disgruntled insider . |
| 26 | Ski West had decided on a theme visit . |
| 27 | The Japanese government decided on a number of occasions to foster particular industries , using a large armoury of policies . |
| 28 | It is not of course sufficient to obtain an order to say that the facts alleged are wrong , as is sometimes done , because that is a matter to be decided on a hearing . |
| 29 | Not so long since I was in here myself , but I never dreamed Willis had not quite known what to bring , so he 'd decided on a packet of Whiffs . |
| 30 | If I could also ask those of you who have n't decided on a confirmation name , I think really by the time we meet again you should . |