Example sentences of "decided [conj] it " 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 | As I stared at her wondering what had caused the condition , I decided that it must be some kind of vitamin deficiency . |
| 3 | ( 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 . ) |
| 4 | They decided that it could only be because Joan 's health was so poor in the fens that the professor was forced to move . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | McLeish decided that it was probably not the moment to suggest to her that the real reason any civil servant disliked lobbyists must be that the chaps were paid to make sure Ministers got a view other than the Departmental one . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | In the end , he decided that it was more of a metaphysical thing . |
| 9 | ‘ My father , puzzled for an instant as to the meaning of this accident , since Mrs Goodyer was the gentlest and most inoffensive of our Church members , decided that it must be because she had made an idol of her husband … ‘ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | With about half a mile to go Elliott decided that it was time to make a move , and in a matter of a few strides Phar Lap had stormed up from last to first . |
| 12 | They decided that it was very strange and exciting , and a very good reason to gallop around , and to snort and buck , and to carry on like madmen . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | On his return to the USA Horton decided that it was time to try out some of his ideas , and to test them with the light of practical experience . |
| 15 | Taylor and his managers decided that it had to be ‘ double or quits ’ if the business was to be a success . |
| 16 | Against a background of the strategic concerns outlined above , the government decided that it was not prepared to take the risk of rejection by the market . |
| 17 | So we decided that it was worth three pounds . ’ |
| 18 | ( 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 . ) |
| 19 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 20 | We decided that it was time to start on Jack Nopps ' apricot brandy . |
| 21 | I decided that in my present state I could n't face Moscow , and having discovered about the hot , spring baths of Budapest and the chess players who stand in water at 76 degrees Celsius , leisurely moving the pieces , decided that it was the place for me . |
| 22 | We decided that it would be easier to send them by air to Singapore , placing them considerably closer to their intended final destination . |
| 23 | The department decided that it would not be politic for private companies to own plutonium and is negotiating to purchase the stocks . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I decided that it was not for me and moved over to accountancy — I had always been reasonable at maths — working for the Co-op and attending college part time . |
| 26 | The answer was that Pomeranian Polish identity was no threat unless the Junkers decided that it was convenient for it to be so ; the identity of the Pomeranian Poles was so peripheral to Polish national identity that politically these people were no threat at all . |
| 27 | Since our son found maths difficult he had , quite understandably , decided that it was easier to do none at all — and had got away with it for over six weeks . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | They simply , and it seems correctly , decided that it was none of their business . |
| 30 | And the more they talked about it the more they decided that it was . |