Example sentences of "decision not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's decision not to support the French proposal to fix the conference date in Strasbourg highlights his concern that the question of European monetary union and the inevitable transfer of powers from West Germany 's Bundesbank to the new European central bank would get caught up in the German general election next autumn . |
| 2 | Stressing the group 's opposition to water privatisation , he said its decision not to support a referendum was purely on grounds of tactics . |
| 3 | But John Bullock , senior partner at Deloitte UK , admitted that Touche Ross had only been informed of his decision not to merge with them ‘ a few days ago ’ . |
| 4 | The decision not to merge with the RSA Examinations Board , announced by the Trustees in October 1992 , heralds a new period for the Board as an independent examining body . |
| 5 | In the USA , it notes , there has been a storm of protest over a government decision not to insist on tests and labelling of genetically modified foods , which has led to calls for boycotts of gene foods . |
| 6 | Job satisfaction is commonly a crucial factor in a decision not to aim high . |
| 7 | The grounds of appeal were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices had exercised their discretion to award costs on the wrong principles as it had not been shown that the local authority had acted in bad faith or unreasonable in the performance of its statutory duties or had acted unreasonably in the conduct of the proceedings before the court ; ( 2 ) there were no circumstances which justified the making of the costs order ; ( 3 ) the justice should have found that there were good reasons for the local authority to be concerned about the father 's ability to care for the children , the local authority was not bound to adopt the view of the guardian ad litem and the local authority had communicated the decision not to oppose the father 's application within a reasonable time on receiving the report of the guardian ad litem ; ( 4 ) the justices had been wrong to assume that the change in the view of the local authority amounted to an admission that the views of the local authority had been wrong all the time . |
| 8 | There seem to be three main reasons why employers take a deliberate decision not to consult . |
| 9 | In these circumstances a decision not to adjourn may be challenged by judicial review . |
| 10 | In fact Charles 's childhood experiences confirmed him in his decision not to employ a nanny for his own children . |
| 11 | The manoeuvring ability left to the Callaghan government was now slight , following the decision not to call an early election . |
| 12 | Instead , the debate here focused on the bonuses Charlton 's players will receive for getting to Italy ( £25,000 per man ) and the Sports Minister 's public criticism of Irish television for their decision not to screen the other tie in Group Six , between Hungary and Spain . |
| 13 | The first witness had decided at an early stage not to travel to Dublin ; the second only recently made his decision not to give evidence . |
| 14 | In one case an immigrant who was present in Britain was denied judicial review of a decision not to give him leave to enter the country because of the existence of a right of appeal which could only be exercised if the immigrant left Britain . |
| 15 | A number of councillors are asking for a judicial review of an RUC decision not to give them the go-ahead to get personal protection weapons . |
| 16 | THE CENTRAL Electricity Generating Board 's decision not to design the pressure vessel , the massive steel ‘ heart ’ of its proposed pressurised water reactor at Sizewell , in larger components came under fire last week from two eminent nuclear engineers . |
| 17 | Importantly , Skinner and Vincent have attempted to address difficult medical issues such as resistant arrhythmias and the ethical difficulty of the decision not to resuscitate . |
| 18 | Consultant anaesthetist Dr Gilbert Park said : ‘ The decision not to resuscitate will be made by doctors , patients and their relatives . |
| 19 | The fundholding debate : should practices reconsider the decision not to fundhold ? |
| 20 | Robertson labels the government decision not to monitor ‘ irresponsible ’ . |
| 21 | Yet the very decision not to touch only served to heighten the awareness of what could happen when they did . |
| 22 | In the Lonrho case , the Law Lords in effect decided that the Secretary of State had no duty to give reasons for his decision not to refer the takeover of Harrods by the Al-Fayeds to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 23 | The Government 's decision not to refer Anglo-Welsh 's bid for Palatine to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission has set alarm bells ringing throughout the brewing industry . |
| 24 | The Prime Minister said : ‘ His decision not to refer the matter to the then-Prime Minister ( Mrs Thatcher ) was entirely consistent with the guidance . ’ |
| 25 | And it says the decision not to assign a psychiatric nurse was made on medical and not financial grounds . |
| 26 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's education spokesman , earlier failed to convince the committee that the decision not to include Mr John MacGregor , the Education Secretary , on the committee was treating parliamentary procedures with contempt . |
| 27 | The lack of a rear input is a serious drawback , but the company tell me that considerations of space ( where they 'd put this socket , heaven knows ) and cost were uppermost in the decision not to include it . |
| 28 | Clarke virtually admitted that he did not believe that these important issues should be discussed in public when he defended the government 's decision not to publish the advice on science funding which it had received from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils . |
| 29 | I look forward , sir , to hearing Mr Andropulos justifying his decision not to abandon ship . ’ |
| 30 | PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino of the Philippines is bracing herself for a legal battle over her decision not to allow the remains of the former president , Ferdinand Marcos , to be returned home from Hawaii for burial . |