Example sentences of "[noun sg] decided [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Facing considerable opposition , the Bush adminstration decided not to submit the convention to the Senate for ratification . |
| 2 | ‘ The praesidium decided not to support the 1990 budget and the party is against the ( government 's ) housing programme . |
| 3 | Although the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry decided not to refer the bid for Pilkington to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , BTR abandoned its attempt to takeover the company , claiming that this had been motivated , not by adverse public reaction and the political storm created , but by Pilkington 's better than expected profits forecast , which indicated that the likely price required to capture the company would be greater than BTR was willing to pay . |
| 4 | Having become deadlocked along party lines over whether to call for censure , the committee decided instead to present the case against Cranston on the Senate floor on Nov. 21 , a rare step for discipline short of formal censure . |
| 5 | In the event the National Coal Board decided not to invoke the powers provided by the Employment Acts of 1980 and 1982 . |
| 6 | However , on Jan. 13 , 1990 , Ankara University decided not to withdraw the ban on headscarves for fear that it might provoke unrest on campus . |
| 7 | Stopping cars and thrusting leaflets through the drivers ‘ windows , turning back lorries , waving banners for the benefit of local TV news cameras , cheering when a truck driver decided not to cross the picket line , thawing one 's fingers round a mug of thermos-flask coffee , sharing the warm glow of camaraderie with colleagues one had never met before . |
| 8 | The ICC Banking Commission decided not to consider the issues raised by the Australian bankers , pointing out , inter alia , that the legal nature of NVOCC bills was a legal determination to be made in accordance with the local law of the place of issuance or presentation of the bill . |
| 9 | In order to reduce the publicity surrounding the affair , and to minimize its importance , the government decided simply to exile the Prince to the United States of America , thus avoiding a show trial . |
| 10 | On April 5 the government decided not to renew the state of siege imposed in November 1989 [ see p. 37037 ] , which was thus suspended on April 11 . |
| 11 | In Canada , where the government agreed a $2 million annual grant in 1977 , the Canadian Labour Congress decided only to accept the money on a ‘ no strings ’ basis , taking its traditional view that labour education must be controlled by labour . |
| 12 | ITV 's Chart Show decided not to screen the video of George 's charity disc Too Funky while Kiss FM DJ Steve Jackson refused to play it on his show because he did n't like it . |