Example sentences of "decided [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response to the pressure from the labor unions , the administration decided to support a bill proposed in 1935 by Senator Wagner . |
| 2 | In his forties it grew worse and he decided to see a specialist When Alan mentioned that he had taken a lot of antibiotics just before the urticaria began , the specialist suggested that he try a diet with no sugar and very little starch . |
| 3 | But I 'd never had any problems with my periods , so when I finally decided to see a specialist , I was more curious than anything else . ’ |
| 4 | The Cabinet on May 3 decided to implement a decision taken in February by the High Committee of State ( HCS ) to the effect that " associations of a political nature and mass organizations " ( i.e. especially those of the former ruling party , the National Liberation Front — FLN ) should surrender any state properties they held . |
| 5 | The training officers decided to implement a course for care assistants . |
| 6 | The G.L.C. decided to implement a resolution , which had been included by the majority group in their manifesto , to reduce fares by 25 per cent . |
| 7 | In the end , and not without great misgivings , she decided to wear a voile dress printed with blue and gold flowers . |
| 8 | He decided to risk a burst at long range and squeezed the trigger ; nothing happened . |
| 9 | The name 's Barn — ’ Harry hesitated , then decided to risk a lie . |
| 10 | The Orynthia had been away for eight months ; and only one member of the returning crew , we may not be surprised to hear , decided to risk a voyage in her again — George Groves , the boy apprentice . |
| 11 | He decided to risk a shot in the dark . |
| 12 | Apparently , it was while climbing D.P. that he spotted a new line on the buttress , but decided to wait a while and link it with another new route he had in mind for the Central Pillar of Freney . |
| 13 | But I decided to wait a while before speaking . |
| 14 | The federation broke up in 1964 and David said : ‘ Zambia decided to continue a service of its own and the finger of fate pointed at me . |
| 15 | It happened on a visit to his native Glasgow , when he decided to borrow a friend 's camera and see what he could do . |
| 16 | The selectors knew they were playing with fire when they decided to arrange a couple of club fixtures and they have duly been consumed in a conflagration of their own making . |
| 17 | They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm |
| 18 | The first congress of the ruling Popular Front , held in Ouagadougou , the capital , on March 1-4 , decided to draft a constitution for Burkina Faso and put it to a referendum within six months . |
| 19 | THE King 's Cross international railway terminal and property development was in the balance last night after MPs on the committee examining a private bill to approve the scheme decided to suspend a decision until December 5 . |
| 20 | Then there was the time Vic and company decided to detonate a smorgasbord of Spam and boiled sweets . |
| 21 | As credits proliferated , the EPA decided to establish a banking or brokerage network through local governments for selling the credits from one firm to another , with the result that Louisville , San Francisco and Seattle initiated banking programmes . |
| 22 | As a result of the work of the Working Party , the Council decided to establish a Work Organisation Research Centre at the University of Aston Management Centre , and awarded a grant of £278,371 to set up a programme of research . |
| 23 | But they decided to establish a study committee in Brussels to look at both a common market and the possibilities for ‘ sector ’ co-operation . |
| 24 | ‘ They mentioned that there were virtually no toys for children in their country 's hospitals , so we decided to launch a collection , ’ said South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust spokesman Arthur Allan . |
| 25 | The health authority meeting decided to launch a consultation document next month to get widespread opinion on their plans . |
| 26 | Example 2 : Four boys decided to write a story together . |
| 27 | Fourteen years later , in the autumn of 1987 , Nigel Smith decided to write a book about the experiences of his father-in-law , Vic Stevens . |
| 28 | They decided to write a letter to Angel Clare , to inform him of the dangerous situation his wife was in . |
| 29 | Zenith had seen Acme 's program in use and decided to write a program to fulfil the same purpose , that is , to monitor drug dosages . |
| 30 | However , the August fishing became so appalling that my companion and I decided to try a week in May . |