Example sentences of "decide [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 After consideration of the first set of results , it would be decided whether to abandon the material or to investigate further .
2 The doubts were raised by councillor Brian Timms , who said he had read a press report stating that the council had not yet decided whether to support the scheme .
3 Privately , however , he was still sending conflicting signals to his supporters , some of whom got the impression that he had not decided whether to act .
4 One insider believes the COSE firms have not yet decided whether to level the playing field at this technology point , or if systems management can be used an excuse for competitive advantage without hurting their collective drive against Microsoft Corp Windows NT .
5 One insider believes that the Common Open Software Environment firms have not yet decided whether to level the playing field at this technology point , or if systems management can be used an excuse for competitive advantage without hurting their collective drive against Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT : ‘ Do they want to solve the problem is the question ? ’ asks the source , who is afraid that ‘ systems management was a COSE epitaph . ’
6 ‘ Clough has not decided whether to retain Crossley for Saturday 's game against QPR , but he will be under pressure to give Andrew Marriott a chance until Freidle 's work permit is granted . ’
7 He maintains he 's doing ‘ a lot less blood and guts ’ although that 's difficult to believe as he chats of chopping off an arm of a ‘ volunteer ’ from the audience , although theatregoers may escape being sawn in half : ‘ I am not decided whether to saw a young lady from the audience or myself .
8 The Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , said the Government had not yet decided whether to go ahead with a bill , but his personal view was that it should accept the report of the War Crimes Inquiry to change the law .
9 Langbaurgh Council has not yet decided whether to appeal against being capped at £16.5m £2m below budget .
10 ‘ I have not decided whether to appeal because I have not yet officially been informed as to why I have been fined ’ he said .
11 The Court of Appeal held that he was not guilty when he had not decided whether to use it or not .
12 Vic had n't decided whether to dub or not .
13 The Home Secretary stressed last night that the Government had not yet decided whether to bring forward legislation , but he said he did not believe the Hetherington report could just be interred .
14 This would give them a period of study and experience abroad after which it could be decided whether to offer them permanent appointments .
15 HARDCOPY VERIFIER Once the user has decided whether to accept or reject hard copy volumes , this interactive program , HCVERIFY.EXE , is run to inform the hard copy system of the decision .
16 Once the Hard Copy manager has decided whether to accept or reject the volume , which must be in the VOLCLOSING state , this interactive program should be run in the process directory .
17 On appeal to the Crown Court it was held that the defendant had no case to answer on the ground , put shortly , that the constable had not independently decided whether to require blood or urine but had simply followed the Metropolitan Police pro forma instruction then current .
18 He says Alsys has not decided whether to make Soft Bench or Atherton the backplane of the Thomson Ada software engineering thrust .
19 How is it decided whether to buy an item or to make it in-house ?
20 Did n't you spend the first session deciding whether to include that little pre-position ?
21 For example , when deciding whether to caution , arrest or charge an individual , the police may be influenced by the sex of the offender .
22 I shall explain here the lease evaluation techniques that finance directors should normally use when deciding whether to lease or buy .
23 The point is that , with the increased powers of the authorities , there is a greater chance that the requisite evidence needed for a successful prosecution will be more readily available , requiring the insider dealer to further refine his cost benefit calculus in deciding whether to engage in the insider dealing .
24 Er this tells us that domestic political considerations are very important in deciding whether to use er violence or whether to threaten it or , or , or whatever erm so there is er er a domestic political dimension to this which is well worth examining if you wish to understand the limits that actually exist on politicians ' powers .
25 The European indoor champion is still deciding whether to lodge an appeal but maintains the stance of innocence he has taken since being sent home in disgrace from Barcelona on the eve of the Olympic Games .
26 For example , as I indicated in discussing personal care , it is regarded as legitimate for children to think about their own interests when deciding whether to support a parent , but this is balanced rather delicately with the morality of obligation and duty , so that children can quite easily get into the position where they are regarded as too self-interested .
27 While she was deciding whether to support the Denver Broncos or the Pittsburgh Pederasts ( whatever ) , I sneaked into the bedroom and nearly had a heart attack to find a three-foot Paddington Bear propped up on the pillow .
28 But Mr Bell will examine any amended NBA minutely before deciding whether to continue participating .
29 It 's eleven years since he died , but Howard recognizes his voice at once , and is able to save him the embarrassment of deciding whether to say , ‘ This is your father , ’ or , ‘ This is Laurence , ’ or , ‘ This is your Dad . ’
30 In R v Exeter Juvenile Court , ex pH and R v Waltham Forest Juvenile Court , ex pB [ 1988 ] FCR 474 , the President of the Family Division held that the welfare of the child was paramount and was the principle which must guide a court in deciding whether to adjourn : it was vital for care proceedings to proceed with great dispatch as any delay involved risk to the child .
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