Example sentences of "'s decision [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tough talk seemed at odds , however , with some recent US policies , including President Clinton 's decision to continue favourable trade benefits for China for at least another year , and the United Nations ' own treatment of Tibet 's exiled Dalai Lama . |
| 2 | A priest in Friuli , commenting on the Vatican 's decision to allow non-alcoholic wine at Mass to help priests with an alcohol problem |
| 3 | As early as December 1939 , angered by Franco 's decision to declare Spanish neutrality in the European war , a group of radical Falangists had plotted to oust him . |
| 4 | Two regulars , Messrs Dodman and Harrop , arrived but most were new faces following Peter 's decision to opt this time for newly graduated advisers . |
| 5 | In a very low-key , matter-of-fact way he described the meeting in Muldoon 's office and explained Detroit 's decision to eliminate regional management . |
| 6 | Although there is little criticism of the foundation 's decision to support such research , other medical charities argue that its explicit exclusion of research on animals may encourage other smaller research-funding bodies to take a similar stand , a move that could make life increasingly difficult for medical researchers . |
| 7 | Dr Owen 's decision to support tactical voting for some Liberal Democrat candidates will surprise senior Conservatives , who had hoped for a simple message of support for Mr Major . |
| 8 | In June India finally agreed to restore trade and transit concessions which in March 1989 it had withdrawn , partly in protest at Nepal 's decision to purchase Chinese weaponry . |
| 9 | The meeting comes amid fresh allegations from members of the music panel that they were press-ganged into rubber- stamping the council 's decision to withdraw all subsidy from Kent Opera , although full information about the company was kept from them . |
| 10 | While Hewitt 's decision to use this term is based partly on his belief that there is no characteristic variety of English used solely by ethnic Caribbeans , it is also motivated by the lack of symbolic meaning attached to this variety : it was not the case that the London English of young blacks took on any specialized symbolic meaning of race or ethnicity . |
| 11 | The Prime Minister 's decision to take legal action was given strong support by other Socialists , but criticized by some leading politicians of the centre-right , who argued that it might constitute a restriction of freedom of speech . |
| 12 | THE Government 's decision to levy value-added tax on domestic fuel and power has prompted ScottishPower to carry out a review over the next 12 months to determine the possible impact the tax will have on its 1.6 million domestic customers . |
| 13 | GRAHAM TAYLOR last night questioned Gary Lineker 's decision to quit international football prematurely . |
| 14 | Shamir 's decision to lead Israeli delegation |
| 15 | ( Chlorine , though , already one of the main commodity businesses when ICI began in the 1920s , still accounts for a remarkable 12% of total sales ; the proportion will be reduced by last month 's decision to shut two chlorine plants at Hillhouse , Lancashire . ) |
| 16 | This reasoning was immediately undermined by the local community 's decision to resist any dump . |
| 17 | Prior to the announcement of the planned merger , Roh had announced changes within the leadership of the DJP on Jan. 5 , in an attempt to heal divisions within the party which had been exacerbated by Roh 's decision to force former President Chun Doo Hwan to testify before the National Assembly in December 1989 [ see p. 37123 ] . |
| 18 | At a time when realist painters were focusing on the urban landscape , the routine and everyday , Minton 's decision to rework another artist 's evocation of a grand historical event seemed to his students puzzling and eccentric . |
| 19 | WELFARE groups joined in the condemnation of the Government 's decision to impose value-added tax on fuel bills yesterday by counting the cost in human terms . |
| 20 | Kennedy 's inaction may have contributed to Khruschev 's decision to build nuclear missile bases in Cuba the following year . |
| 21 | The experiment began with the State Opening of Parliament on 21 November 1989 , and continued right up till the House 's decision to approve permanent televising in July 1990 . |
| 22 | The US Secretary of Commerce , Ron Brown , has made an official recommendation to President Clinton that Norway 's decision to resume commercial whaling this year undermines the efforts of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) to conserve stocks . |
| 23 | TWO MILLION employees and directors of British firms will face higher bills for the privilege of using their company cars following the Chancellor 's decision to tax this perk at its true value . |
| 24 | Havel 's decision to seek further term |
| 25 | The Prince of Wales 's decision to renew live firing licences on Dartmoor for a further 21 years continues to draw criticism . |