Example sentences of "decided [conj] it would " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local authority decided that it would not be possible to rehabilitate the child with her natural parents and that her welfare required that her future lay elsewhere . |
| 2 | ( Notice the change which the Durham professorship , and Joan 's coming , wrought — in 1940 no one could conceive of this absent-minded man as a bishop , and six or seven years later the electors to the see of Edinburgh mulled over his name and decided that it would not do , and five years after that both archbishops and the prime minister 's office were agreed that he would be a very good bishop . ) |
| 3 | Coventry decided that it would cost more to contest the claim than pay it ; so Clarkson will get £74 for the party 's four tickets and travelling expenses . |
| 4 | And I feel if now we deny ourselves our greatest delight and say our love alone shall make us strong , our strength shall not depend on anything but our love then indeed I think we shall be creating an independence of each other , which can only make our binding sympathy more perfect … . for the present , for the 14 months before I am 21 then I have after much real thought , much consideration decided that it would be best for both of us to be separated … |
| 5 | It was hoped to use the Crown allotment in Exmoor Forest for this purpose , but after partition the Commissioners decided that it would not in fact be suitable , and in 1818 it was sold for £50,000 to a Mr Knight , who enclosed it . |
| 6 | ( And , in case I muddled the halves and thought the lady 's name was Mary Marks , I decided that it would be a very windy day and that , as the skirt of her wedding gown was blown by the gales , I was able to see that she was wearing suspenders . ) |
| 7 | We decided that it would be easier to send them by air to Singapore , placing them considerably closer to their intended final destination . |
| 8 | The department decided that it would not be politic for private companies to own plutonium and is negotiating to purchase the stocks . |
| 9 | While the 1893 Act encouraged local authorities to provide day classes , wherever possible , the five local authorities that encompassed the Potteries area around Stoke-on-Trent decided that it would suit their needs better to combine their resources and establish one residential school . |
| 10 | Although our son had only one more year to spend at Liphook Junior School , we decided that it would be in his best interests to send him to another state school in Haslemere . |
| 11 | ‘ We talked to Elizabeth , to Monty 's doctor and to Monty , and we all decided that it would kill Monty if we took him off the picture . |
| 12 | When thinking about this design , I decided that it would be a charming idea to incorporate all the elements that accompanied the bouquet of roses . |
| 13 | He swiftly decided that it would be better for the Elves to have these people as allies rather than enemies . |
| 14 | She considered telephoning Laura , and Kitty , both of whom were long on sympathy and short on cash — so strange that Peter 's orthodox solicitor father should have left his widow quite as poorly provided for as Anna 's unconventional one had left Laura — and decided that it would be unfair . |
| 15 | I was in two minds about closing the door , but decided that it would be safer to do so ; if anyone came through it unexpectedly I would have a split second to look lost and nonchalant . |
| 16 | Because of the difference in height between the Arun and the casualty , and the prevailing weather conditions , Second Coxswain Barnes decided that it would not be possible to go alongside without causing damage . |
| 17 | He decided that it would be best to be plain and friendly . |
| 18 | Although this would have provided the pupils with much more information on the Second World War , we decided that it would take a significant amount of control away from the pupils . |
| 19 | Last week , the Physiological Society decided that it would not pursue the matter at the present time , and would accept the foundation 's argument . |
| 20 | Clenching her fists until the knuckles went white , she reluctantly decided that it would be better to stay here and hope that the Doctor , Howard and Benny made it back . |
| 21 | She decided that it would be best to stay where she was . |
| 22 | Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson therefore decided that it would be vexatious ‘ to pursue this one matter on its own in these proceedings ’ . |
| 23 | I decided that it would be a Colonel Shelhi , a very intelligent man and a great admirer of Colonel Nasser . |
| 24 | But because of the growth of Anti-Americanism in Iran , " I decided that it would be better for the Shah to live elsewhere . " |
| 25 | However , as the government proposed to separate the Rate Support Grant systems for England and Wales , it decided that it would be logical to have separate pooling arrangements for the two countries ; consequently , there has been a separate pool for Wales since 1981–2 . |
| 26 | Similarly , it the Insured considered the risk to the camera but decided that it would be safer in a locked car than taking it to where he was going he could demonstrate that precautions were taken even if they subsequently proved inadequate and the car was broken into and the camera stolen . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought about it and decided that it would have been very awkward both for my father and everyone else , not least myself . |
| 28 | I refer , for example , to the Welsh health common services authority which , under the leadership of Brigadier Peter Crawley , decided that it would locate in the bay rather than at Merthyr Tydfil or some other place along the A470 — or even at the refurbished BBC studios building at Gabalfa , which is where we all thought that authority would go . |
| 29 | On Nov. 29 parliament decided that it would not debate the resignation , thus formally keeping the government in power , effectively in a caretaker capacity until the election of the new President . |
| 30 | Boo Radley got himself into trouble and although the punishment inflicted on him was in no way severe or a major disgrace , his father decided that it would embarrass the family to have his son be sent away to the school that the punishment intended . |