Example sentences of "make a [adj] decision " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference is that here you have made a professional decision . |
| 2 | On July 8 the Russian President Boris Yeltsin had announced at a press conference in Munich after talks with leaders of the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) industrialized countries [ see p. 38990 ] that Russia had made a political decision to withdraw an estimated 130,000 troops from the Baltic states , and that an agreement " on a schedule for the withdrawal of troops for the second half of this year and for 1993 " would be signed " soon " . |
| 3 | Even if it happens that I have made a firm decision to commit suicide , and have been wondering for weeks how to cheat the insurance company , the failure to jump would accord with my intention only by chance . |
| 4 | By 1761 Leopold had made a crucial decision — to give up both violin teaching and composition in order to devote all his spare time to furthering the careers and education of his children . |
| 5 | They were still unsure about what to put on the B-side , and only made a final decision as they travelled to the recording studio on the bus . |
| 6 | She looked relaxed at a Guildhall lunch but a spokesman said : ‘ She has no plans to travel to Scotland at present but she has not made a final decision . ’ |
| 7 | and which newspapers you think , even if you have n't made a final decision |
| 8 | Having made a tentative decision to come back to nursing , it would be similarly useful to compare your reasons for doing so in the light of the previous exercise . |
| 9 | The psychological structure for the talker requires , broadly speaking , two kinds of pretence : ( 1 ) an emotional one of having made a momentous decision and ( 2 ) a fictitious factual background . |
| 10 | By now you will have made a definite decision to become an actor — no matter what the problems or obstacles . |
| 11 | Alternatively , any firm which has made a definite decision not to seek authorisation must ensure that it understands what constitutes investment business and , having established that it can refer clients to suitable authorised independent advisers , avoid further involvement like the plague . |
| 12 | They are all angry , they are desolate , but they have made a rational decision not to be bitter . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's now made a brave decision in many respects , because he 's been brought up playing for one club in one way . |
| 14 | In life , we make a decision — or a decision makes us — and we go one way ; had we made a different decision ( as I once told my wife ; though I do n't think she was in a condition to appreciate my wisdom ) , we would have been elsewhere . |
| 15 | Ken , would you say though that erm one or two recent announcements connected with these judgments , I think including the er the judge in a recent M C C case which actually went I think against the administrators , b on shares but actually the judge said if the argument had been made that er these assets were held er on a trustee basis , then I might have made a different decision . |
| 16 | Thanks very much indeed for your report , Matthew , it 's certainly very informative , and in an ideal world , I think we might have made a different decision today . |
| 17 | He had n't made a deliberate decision to keep her out of his private and professional life . |
| 18 | Theoretically , it is conceivable that , say , experiencing regret ( the verb ) at having made a wrong decision and depicting regret ( the adjective ) are a different genre . |
| 19 | The question was not whether the judge had made a wrong decision but whether he had inquired into and decided a matter which he had no right to consider . |
| 20 | Swales might , at last , have made a wise decision — if he does not go back on it at the first sign of failure . |
| 21 | By requesting a personal illustration for SaverPlus 2001 , you 've made a wise decision . |
| 22 | Can I just enlarge upon that because , and quote from it , by boycotting employment action the CoUncil 's controlling group seem to have made a bad decision , prompted by a desire to score political points in the debating chamber . |
| 23 | People may drift into a job without ever having made a positive decision . |
| 24 | Of the 15 people questioned , only one had made a positive decision to drink low-alcohol beer — to protect his liver . |
| 25 | Belinda had made a conscious decision to have a baby and felt that it was important to keep healthy by eating well and exercising during her pregnancy . |
| 26 | This was the line of reasoning adopted in the Takeover Panel case : the government had apparently made a conscious decision to encourage the setting up of a self-regulatory body , and the Panel operated against the background of a network of statutory provisions relevant to its activities . |
| 27 | It was n't that she had ever made a conscious decision to play the helpless female ; she just always looked as though she was in constant need of care and attention , and over the years she had found that it was far easier to allow people to think what they liked , because whenever she tried to be assertive , or explain that she was really quite competent , no one ever believed her . |
| 28 | Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) . |
| 29 | As she revealed to writer Sherwood Anderson , she had made a conscious decision to limit the type of image she believed had been most susceptible to critical misreadings in 1923 : |
| 30 | If these occasions are known , the worker and supervisor may make a joint decision that only one member of staff from the Department may go . |