Example sentences of "decision be [vb pp] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EEB declaration makes it clear that European environment groups ‘ believe that when decisions are taken on the respective competence of the Community , Member States and regional and local government in actions to protect the environment , the overriding objective must be to secure the highest quality of life for the Community 's citizens . |
| 2 | MAJOR-GENERAL Michael Skinner , who has died aged 60 , was Director General , Weapons , from 1986 to 1988 , when many important decisions were taken on the future equipment of the Army . |
| 3 | If it appears that the original decisions were taken on the basis of assumptions which have not stood the test of time it is as well to re-run the exercise . |
| 4 | The French minister of industry , Dominique Strauss-Kahn , Thursday announced that the French government has paid SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV the first part of the $466m in research and development aid it agreed to pay over five years — the Italian government is supposed to pay the same amount over the same period : ‘ I have signed with SGS-Thomson a contract for a multi-year development effort in France ; the sums for 1993 , $83m from both sides , have been paid , ’ he said ; a spokeswoman for SGS-Thomson in Paris said she had not yet been able to confirm Strauss-Kahn 's assertion ; the separate recapitalisation , which Brussels recently approved , is still conditional on a firm decision being taken on the Italian side , and would be effected in three payments — $227m split evenly between the two partners and an identical payment three months later ; the third payment of $455m is set to be made in 1995 . |
| 5 | The Commission may extend the period of suspension until a final decision is taken on the merger 's compatibility with the Common Market . |
| 6 | It may be easier to make long-term decisions about the best size and type of steel mill if a simultaneous decision is taken on the level of car production to which steel output forms an important input . |
| 7 | An urgent decision was taken on the surface that the men would have to be brought out in groups of three . |
| 8 | He stresses that the decision was taken on the spur of the moment and that it seemed completely acceptable to everyone there at the time . |