Example sentences of "decided [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that a Labour government collapsed as a result of the economic and unemployment situation , caused a precipitate decline in Labour fortunes once Ramsay MacDonald decided to continue as Prime Minister at the head of a National government . |
| 2 | The base decided to continue with routine flying missions . |
| 3 | ‘ We decided to go for restricted leg room rather than restricted vision , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I had done well in my O-levels , but I had already won the Under-16 British squash championships , and I decided to go for broke and turn professional and see how I got on . |
| 5 | I decided to go for broke , and get up a performance of my own . ’ |
| 6 | At this point I decided to go for broke so I wound in the other corn rod and changed this over to a boilie . |
| 7 | Frances explains : ‘ I decided to go into special education two years after I qualified as a teacher . |
| 8 | Mr Sugar then decided to invest in commercial property , an investment funded by the sale of 43 million Amstrad shares , a transaction netting him £34m . |
| 9 | I decided to write to Practical PC in the hope that you might be able to solve this minor mystery . |
| 10 | The board decided to embark on aggressive overseas expansion and committed the bank to the biggest gamble it had ever taken , one that would eventually sink it . |
| 11 | The board decided to embark on aggressive overseas expansion and committed the bank to the biggest gamble it had ever taken , one that would eventually sink it |
| 12 | So I decided to look into private insurance schemes . |
| 13 | The firm abandoned the idea that it could be all things to all people and decided to focus on identified areas of expertise examples are the legal profession , building societies and the construction industry — and build a reputation for quality of service by becoming pre-eminent in those fields . |
| 14 | The illness did , however , convince me to accept another of the points Mrs Hill had made and I decided to apply for social security money . |
| 15 | Cos of uncertainty about the arrangement over long period , decided to opt for one-year-only subscription . |
| 16 | Andrew Puddle , the Wales skipper from Colwyn Bay , won the toss and decided to field in dull conditions . |
| 17 | We therefore decided to press for immediate action where it could be taken , with the aim of achieving a Directive in the medium term . |
| 18 | Councillors decided to press for alternative routes by sea , to get the weapons to Faslane and Coulport . |
| 19 | Having reached a certain level of proficiency , I decided to experiment with mathematical curves for my bowl designs , combining my interest in mathematics and the belief that the best solutions are often associated with simplicity . |
| 20 | As a result a further five political parties decided to withdraw from legislative elections scheduled for Jan. 26 , bringing the number of parties boycotting the elections to 21 . |
| 21 | At the end of the fourth century the very aristocratic Fabii , who had so far been known as experts in the Etruscan language and in Etruscan affairs , decided to turn to Greek language and art and to diplomacy in the Hellenic world . |
| 22 | ‘ I took a plumbers apprenticeship when I left school , ’ he said , ‘ But after I 'd worked here for a while , I decided to stay on full time . ’ |
| 23 | At the meeting of the Planning Group for the National Conference , we decided to have to thematic workshops in the afternoon — one on the Philippines and one on Africa . |
| 24 | This all changed , though , when Kasmin went to Crete and there , in a monastery , decided to return to diurnal reality and marry a young , properly brought-up Bloomsbury girl , named Jane Nicholson . |
| 25 | The employers decided to move to new premises in Goswell Road , EC1 . |
| 26 | Abbey National considered using IV , but decided to move to compact discs : ‘ The problem was that we could n't find an IV system that did everything we wanted , ’ explains Julian Wakeley , manager for distance learning at Abbey National , ‘ also , we did n't need full motion video . ’ |
| 27 | In a bid to diversify their business G & J Weir decided to move into light engineering . |