Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] decision [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Justifying her decision to bar the return of the former president 's body for burial , Mrs Aquino told judges and legal workers that there was ‘ a clear and present danger of the ambition of some to destabilise the government … ’ |
| 2 | For its part , Compaq Computer Corp says its decision to abandon the MIPS platform is based on considerable market research and interrogation of its major Fortune 1000 and FT 500 customer base . |
| 3 | In a further move designed to reassert its sovereign status [ see p. 38852 ] , the conference also reiterated its decision to restore the country 's name before 1971 , the Republic of Congo , and to adopt its former flag , motto and national anthem [ see p. 39039 ] . |
| 4 | Indirect Rule with capital letters was born in Northern Nigeria in the first decade of the twentieth century , as a result of Sir Frederick Lugard 's compulsion to justify and elaborate in writing his decision to administer the newly conquered Fulani emirates by installing a British Resident at each of the emirate courts . |
| 5 | DARLINGTON councillors have re-affirmed their decision to ask the Government for a re-examination of the town 's status as an intermediate development area . |
| 6 | It even seems to justify the way in which the United Nations has been hijacked by the United States and Britain to legitimise their decision to eliminate the Saddam Hussein regime . |
| 7 | Social Services have again defended their decision to send the 14-year-old to his grandparents ' . |
| 8 | In a letter to parliament at the beginning of June , the Dutch Minister of Culture , Mrs Hedy D'Ancona , made known her decision to allow the deaccessioning of the works of art to go ahead . |
| 9 | FORMER Tour de France champion Stephen Roche last night revealed the agony behind his decision to retire admitted the pressure cycling exerted on his family life prompted his decision to retire the end of next season . |
| 10 | On June 27 the MQM had announced its decision to quit the government and order the resignation of its deputies in the National and Provincial assemblies . |
| 11 | ARANTXA SANCHEZ nearly saw her decision to enter the Hopman Cup backfire yesterday . |
| 12 | US President Bush apparently took his decision to attend the summit only after having been urged repeatedly by the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency , William Reilly . |
| 13 | De Gaulle 's known views — fashioned by his interpretation of the collapse of France in 1940 and his resentment over the refusal of Britain and the United States to treat him as an equal in prosecuting the war effort , on the failings of the Fourth Republic , on reforming NATO , on the need for France to acquire greater international prestige , along with his ambition to affect a lasting reconciliation between France and West Germany ( ideally on French terms ) — all influenced his decision to terminate the Maudling Committee negotiations , and all were still influential in his rejection a few years later of the British application to enter the EEC . |
| 14 | He denied allegations that a threatened boycott of Idaho potatoes by pro-choice advocates had influenced his decision to veto the bill . |
| 15 | Stephen Holly spoke sharply as if now he regretted his decision to admit the stranger . |
| 16 | Mrs Aquino 's spokesman , Adolfo Azcuna , said the cabinet unanimously endorsed her decision to bar the body of Mr Marcos , who died in exile in Hawaii last Thursday . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he intends to make to the Government of Israel following their decision to continue the closure of Bir Zeit university for a further three months . |
| 18 | At the June meeting of the Education Committee , the Village Regional Councillor raised the issue again , asking the Committee to reconsider its decision to close the school . |
| 19 | The case of Karamjit Singh Chahal led to the High Court last December ordering the former Home Secretary , Kenneth Baker , to reconsider his decision to deport the man . |