How To Use Decide In A Sentence

Leaving London they went to Paris, where they passed a few days, but soon grew weary of the place; and Lord Chetwynde, feeling a kind of languor, which seemed to him like a premonition of disease, he decided to go to Germany. The Cryptogram A Novel
At the last minute I decided to go, so I flung a few clothes together and left.
Maybe your parents are right about waiting a few more years until you decide.
And while everyone around wished the couple a happy married life, one of the guests decided to be a little cheeky.
I took myself offline for a couple of days - the ole bod has decided it has had enough and succumbed to a flu-like thing.

Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
The original Auroran settlers had landed in the location that was now the park and decided to keep it as a peaceful retreat in the centre of the city.
She decided she would try to forget the episode by the lake.
But after three years of frantic knitting, they decided to end the challenge, despite reaching halfway.
You should need some extreme persuasion - far more than the directors say-so in the accounts - to decide that a company bleeding cash might be turning a profit.
The prosecution has been given a week to decide whether to retry the case. Times, Sunday Times
They decided to pipe the water in from the Changjiang River nearby.
That night, to reduce suspicion, I decide to go drinking with the trishaw drivers.
Such a usage is ethically unacceptable, politically manipulative and decidedly unhistorical.
Then the court will decide who must take care of minor children unless the parents have appointed a guardian.
Judges don't have to shoot from the hip. They have the leisure to think, to decide.
Success was to be defined as the exfiltration of Bin Ladin out of Afghanistan.28 A meeting of principals was scheduled for May 29 to decide whether the operation should go ahead. Think Progress » Report: Saddam and Al Qaeda Enemies, Not Collaborators
The company raised €10 million in May, but decided to extend the round after it was oversubscribed by potential investors.
Rosie decides that a maternity fashion show highlighting her latest collection would be the perfect shower event because that is in no way a conflict of interest, and we soon learn the real motivation behind this choice -- a model casting montage in which LT wears a sequined capelet the color of Grimace from McDonaldland and tells the models to "serve and deliver. Una LaMarche: Pregnant in Heels Ep. 5: Serve and Deliver
The service was not very good, so I've decided to take my custom elsewhere.
After several days of climbing, high on a huge, exposed face of Annapurna, a mountain almost double the height of Mont Blanc, a storm erupted and the two men decided to descend.
The favourite for the interdominion grand final will be decided by Monday's barrier draw.
Faced by those constraints, the soldiers of the Royal Anglians face an uphill task and the official three-year time limit is already looking decidedly niggardly.
He decided not to contest the retrospective charge. Times, Sunday Times
So then put the pros and cons up for the public to decide if they want fluoride in their water.
They decided to put aside their differences.
The jury, which began deliberations last Friday after a six-week trial, had to decide whether Castroneves, his sister-manager Katiucia "Kati" Castroneves, 35, and Michigan sports attorney Alan R. Miller, 71, evaded U.S. taxes on more than $5.5 million income that the race driver earned between 1999-2004 from his arrangement with Penske Racing. Undefined
In addition to information about glassified waste from national defense projects, such as plutonium production at Hanford, DOE also is interested in information that could be useful if the nation decides to reprocess commercial nuclear fuel and then glassify the waste from reprocessing. The Seattle Times
We decided to only soften the water that would be heated, since there were no other quality issues with hardness in the cold tap water.
They decided to close the museum purely and simply because it cost too much to run.
Our study showed that Kalarippayattu closely follows the tenets of plyometrics, which is why we decided to include it in the curriculum, "explained Singh. The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage
The board has decided to withhold part of their grant money from certain students.
They decide to go, too, but Frank has problems manoeuvring the car, whose tyres keep losing their grip.
Some programs also offer users a limited ability to decide for themselves which sites to block.
According to John Ralson, who apparently has some sort of Avatar-like connection to all living things in the Silver State, Berkley had been weighing the decision for a while but ultimately decided that the opportunity was too good to pass up. HUFFPOST HILL - Congress Passes Budget, Catastrophe Postponed
Unlike Church, Turing developed his disproof of Hilbert's conjecture around the conception of a hypothetical machine which would decide the truth of statements by a set of well-defined sequential operations.
There were so many appetizing choices, Nikki said, she couldn't decide which one to order.
They decided to split the money four ways .
He was rushed to hospital where doctors and a psychiatrist decided the life-saving liver operation was in his best interests. The Sun
It is not clear what will happen if opposition parties decide to boycott the Parliament session again today.
Additionally, FDA officials decided the drug must carry a warning on its label stating, "An increased rate of stroke was observed following Xarelto discontinuation in clinical trials" in patients with the faulty heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation. FDA Approves Anticlotting Drug
The auction house decided to withdraw from the sale when its December 1990 contract with Lord Northampton came up for renewal.
We never found it, but your humility left an indelible impression on me, and I decided that is how I want to treat people.
After the hospital I was planning on going to Lettuce Knit to buy some needles but decided against it, instead made the short walk from St. Mike's to the Flatiron.
The investor decides on the currency most likely to appreciate against sterling and puts money on deposit in that currency.
Unfortunately, the company decided that after the Christmas rush, there was no need for all the extra people they took on, so your old pal Jean was out on her keister!
Now stadium officials have decided to turf out the rye grass surface and lay a fresh pitch. The Sun
Presented with a series of tricky problems, the Scud decided to play safe and run like the clappers, and just belt the ball for all he was worth.
Yet doctrinaire democrats don't seem to give a tinker's toss about placing limits on what a legislature (local or global) can divvy or decide.
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Beer is appropriate, but if you decided to offer up tequila, be very codo about doing so. Day of the Holy Cross?
Tomorrow, if I were lusting for cash and recognition and all the things people get into broadcasting for, I might decide talk radio was my easiest point of access.
But then he decided to play his trump card .
This keeps getting censored by the Lamontster scrub out the truth squads .. he has to protect his propagandists for hire, as he's too chickenhearted to let the CT voters decide for themselves CT-SEN: Lamont Hits Back At Lieberman Terror Slam
I finally decided to use a ‘sagger,’ a container in which the pottery is placed, along with a combustible material (sawdust).
He decided on a plan of action but it backfired horribly. Times, Sunday Times
To say we could have done otherwise implies only that we would have done otherwise if we had decided or chosen to.
The law, the church, letters, art, and politics all enticed him; but he could not decide of which mistress the blandishments were the sweetest. The Bertrams
With its two commons, Steeple Fritton was shaped much like a penny-farthing bicycle, Posy had decided in childhood. TICKLED PINK
The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly attained.
It was decided previously infrared viewing equipment would be best.
An interlude of steel drum, tympani, and bongo injected a decidedly powerful tribal element to the experience.
The ‘not so bright’ builder was tanked up on booze and decided that it would be fun to fire a loaded 11 mm pistol in a public area.
I was told when the last fixtures were made it would be decided in a draw.
But the designer decided to withdraw the shoes over fears they could become a lethal weapon if the wearer accidentally trod on someone else's foot, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Sarah's time was too precious to be rewashing clothes, and in an instant she decided to put them away for her.
We hope that more women will decide to join the course.
Instead, we decided to hang up the heavier long underwear like regular clothing and simply bundle our lighter underwear with a rubber band.
At the office I decided to bring Arnie Bloch up to date with my latest information about the Finnegans. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
Unlike partnerships in which the partners decide policy, in the business corporation the equity owners relinquished their privilege in favour of the directors.
The street urchins had decided views on literary value, and they were always keen to hand on advice. Times, Sunday Times
So the boys decided it was high time someone did a humorous send-up of these books, in the form of a warm, satirical and very funny guide to a country that simply doesn't exist.
We had to decide whether to increase investment or take time out and reduce our exposure. Times, Sunday Times
The Chilean had first served for the match in the 10th game of the decider.
Instead, we decided to build right up against the brick walls and look out into a big central atrium. Times, Sunday Times
Siu said the maximum actual use instead of the maximum capacity of swimming pools was used to decide the number of lifeguards deployed.
She decided to search for her biological mother after her adoptive parents died.
But, more likely, he has decided it is less of a PR risk to leave a journalist eating a solitary crab pasty in the drizzle than to be trapped alone with her and - God forbid - a tongue-loosening bottle of wine.
She has sunk into the background in the past two weeks - friends say that she has had enough of the stress and has decided to no longer face the public gaze.
In the 1950s, the great and the good - the people who really knew what was in the best interests of the lower orders - decided to bulldoze the slums and decant people into tower blocks.
We've just decided to be open and honest about it. The Sun
The painter decided to grey the sky
The problem was that Eric decided to go on a macrobiotic diet to cleanse his system and he lost so much weight you could see his skull under his skin.
Please also rate the article as it will help us decide Hmm, I'd like to agree with Andy and say a minimum requirement would be straight up visual design but the term web designer seems to be taking on a broader meaning every … Smashing Magazine Feed
The impression of warmth and comfort and beauty predominated, though he was unable to analyze it; while the simplicity delighted him -- expensive simplicity, he decided, and most of it leftovers from the time her father went broke and died. Chapter XVIII
But what if a sovereign government decides to remove another country from the internet? Computing
I decided to go for simplicity, and made compote, in the oven, pairing the rhubarb with some raspberries I had in the freezer.
If any of them decided to tell their trouble to one of the scandal sheets, you could be pilloried. DEATH IN FASHION
Her formative years were decidedly odd. Times, Sunday Times
Having been bottle-fed myself and suffering from many allergies and asthma, I decided that when I had my first child, I would try breastfeeding to see if it worked for me. Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms
Few things grate a Canadian hockey fan more than seeing one of our national teams lose to an American team, especially when the game was decided by a lousy, fluky goal.
It is the realm of _psychical life_; and, still more decidedly and more evidently, the _realm of mind_. The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality
The trial judge decided in favour of the prosecution for the reasons advanced by Mr Sheridan.
Finally, after they had gotten into the double-digits and we still hadn't scored, we decided that it was time to go inside.
I can't decide whether this is a positive or a negative development, or indeed a permanent change.
They could decide who got the promotion, the apartment, the new car, or the postgraduate course abroad. OUTCAST
Vocab from The Varieties of Religious Experience aseity the property by which a being exists of and from itself; usually used in connection to God apodictic Necessarily or demonstrably true; incontrovertible.concatenated To connect or link in a series or chain.decide Of course, I already knew the definition; it's hardly an unusual word. Archive 2005-08-01
It was one of the reasons we decided to stop offering it. Times, Sunday Times
I had a cold and couldn't decide whether to go to work or not.
Russia decided to float the rouble on the foreign exchange market.
She decided to buy the puppy on the spur of the moment and the dog is began to play a key role in helping her to recover. The Sun
It was decided by those present that the Agency must get a message to him warning him against precipitate action.
At the most recent inquiry, however, it seems that a jury decided that the policemen should be held accountable.
In the end they decided against any demolition work. The Sun
Wondering how the wasted Stevenson could work so tirelessly, La Farge decided he must be an aitu, a Samoan devil spirit not bound by the laws of the flesh. The Five of Hearts
I decided to go on a diet before my holiday.
We also decided to get our tattered, old couch reupholstered, and I doubled our annual contribution to a local conservation group.
In a particularly bold move, I decided to shave less often.
But I've decided that there are some parts of the web community that I don't want to give up on, and that the best way I can contribute is to make the things that I'd want to see. Kick Me - Anil Dash
‘After working at Cameron House, on the shores of Loch Lomond, I decided to travel round France for three months in a camper van with another chef,’ he says.
It is up to you to decide whether sparkling stop-motion animation, catchy music, and a hearty dose of dry British humor is enough to overcome an uninvolving allegorical plot.
Greg, Could you post a list of the Democrat-cowards who were frighted off by the Decider's "you are helping terrorists" crap and voted for that legislation so that they could join the Iraqi legislature on vacation? Poll: Bush Approval Soars All The Way Up To 36%
I start to hit the word ready on my board, but I decide to concentrate on the contest instead. Out of my mind
That which seemeth to me most likelie, I haue noted, beseeching the learned (as I trust they will) in such points of doubtfull antiquities to beare with my skill: sith for ought I know, the matter is not yet decided among the learned, but still they are in controuersie about it, and as yet Sub iudice lis est. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror
He decides in favour of gold and silver, and shows himself an unquestioning bimetallist. An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching
Once what is printed is decided by the judiciary then it will be the establishment that is protected while the people are duped. The Sun
But councillors on the environment committee decided against imposing the changes.
His stunt mimics magician David Blaine's attempt to survive 72 days in a glass box above London but Michael decided he would use the idea to raise cash for charity.
In resubmitting the legislation for renewal of what many consider the most controversial provisions -- and some label downright unconstitutional provisions -- within the Patriot Act, the Republican Rules Committee decided to allow only 60 minutes of debate. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Our tale is about a journalist who decides to go to the Soviet Union to get a big scoop for the front page of his newspaper.
We will review your situation and decide how we can help you.
I decide to work on the first option - chipping the rock away.
We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.
The judge can decide whether to admit or exclude evidence.
We were two months behind schedule, so I decided it was time to crack the whip.
The latter was the last general to serve in the White House and did so in a decidedly unmilitary fashion.
They decided to refer the dispute to the United Nations.
I wondered if he minded me reading them, and decided I didn't care.
Some disputes are better left undecided in the annals of history.
How does one decide whether the economic costs of regulation will outweigh the economic benefits ?
Nynex, Anheuser-Busch and Sun decided last month to propose terminating pension plans for their outside directors.
It was long after he established himself as such that he eventually decided, for his own reasons, to drop the ‘Montgomery’ from his name.
To counteract this, he has decided to send the majority of this year 's cohort into the towns and countryside. Times, Sunday Times
Today's schedule of events is organized flexibly so that people can decide for themselves what they want to do.Sentencedict
But if lawyers and solicitors wish themselves to be identified as men of noble standing and exemplariness then they deserve the kind of reverence they will yield from the public should they decide to embrace Karpal Singh's call to sieve out bad hats. Malaysiakini :: News
He is looking decidedly ropey. Times, Sunday Times
At the end, she decided to stick with the Main Street, so as not to be easily lost.
I didn't know whether his story was true or not, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
The workers often decided to go slow in those days.
In the end, we all decided to organize a concert for Easter.
The trial was a mockery - the judge had decided the verdict before it began.
Miliband decided to risk serious barracking by telling the TUC he could not support the strikes, even though industrial action was sometimes a necessary last resort. Ed Miliband endures rough ride at TUC after criticism of pension strike action
Some of the football, especially in the opening half, was decidedly moderate.
If you decide to follow your own inclination wear a bulletproof vest. Times, Sunday Times
I decided to concentrate all my efforts on finding somewhere to live.
And he has decided to treat them as if they were tribolites, or snails, and to do a morphological analysis, and try to derive their genealogical history over time.
The judge had to decide how much oral evidence to allow at a future hearing. Times, Sunday Times
They couldn't resist any more and decided to render up the city.
We decided to abandon the first draft of the report and start over.
Paula, ever the softy, decided that Elizabeth deserved a chance.
She decided to be a nun in order to avoid meeting him.
The Institute of Physics in London have decided to celebrate his birth 100 years ago with a cartoon strip.
Annie's decided to write a history of electronic music.
Both can turn that most tedious of old rugby clichés on its head; that forwards win matches and backs decide by how much. Times, Sunday Times
It's likely the two sides had trouble seeing eye-to-eye on long-term potash prices, and decided to instead negotiate smaller shipments over shorter time frames, said Ravi Sood, chief executive officer of Lawrence Asset Management in Toronto. Market News
The image of him was quickly fading from Kathleen's mind, but she remembered his firm chin, with a decided cleft down its middle.
The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly attained.
I tapped ashes from my cigarette into an ashtray on the floor and decided to take her up on the offer.
The prime minister may decide to call an early election.
We have had hundreds of years since to decide what we call the waters surrounding us. Army Rumour Service
My current processor is a 2 ghz Pentium M in a laptop, so I'm not sure at all what multiple cores actually get done in the real world, and am having trouble finding such info. posted on Sun Dec 28, 2008 9: 05 pm coelomate wrote: Say I have two monitors (19x12 and 16x10) up and rocking, and decide to have an instant messaging program, iTunes, a spread sheet, a word document, and firefox all running. The Tech Report: News
They will now decide what sanctions she should face. The Sun
On what was to be the last days fishing of that holiday, Val and I had decided to make an early start and fish up at Flix.
Two different points to consider For many elderly patients it will be decided that cardiac surgery is not clinically indicated.
At the Christmas meeting of the court, in 1085, it was decided, apparently after much debate and probably with special reference to the general land-tax, called the Danegeld, to form by means of inquiries, officially made in each locality, a complete register of the occupied lands of the kingdom, of their holders, and of their values. The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216)
I actually bred a labradoodle for myself, then I decided to make it a hobby.
Slightly more beguiling is the debate format, where representatives of contrasting positions do battle, and leave it to the reader to decide — with the implicaiton that the reader is now somehow in a position to do so. Perils of pop philosophy
Mr. Yushchenko said Tuesday that the reported plans to change the constitution were "an anticonstitutional conspiracy," and that any such change should be decided by referendum. Ukrainian Parties in Coalition Negotiations
We first must decide why we choose to accomplish our single task in a particular way. Christianity Today
They decided she was marrying beneath her.
As a first step toward dealing with he problem, management decides to compute the annual cost to the company of this 30 percent turnover. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
I decided to chronicle my experience of hyperplasia with atypia for viewers of The Early Show. Good-Enough Mother
Laying over on his long journey south, Grayson found that the failure to decide the location of the future capital, in whatever location, Pennsylvania or the Potomac, “is much reprobated in this City”; much of that opprobrium, naturally, fell on Morris. Robert Morris
The prosecution decided not to proceed because medical experts could not be certain what caused Mrs Fort's death.
You voted in the referendum and a very clear majority decided to do just that. The Sun
If anyone cares to remember, they lost the last election, but they decided to work the refs.
The Labour group decided to block the sale of the shares at a private "away day" held at South Leeds Stadium on Friday.
Old Chicago execs decided not to push wine by the bottle, though bottles are available if customers seek it out.
Three weeks after the birth Harriet decided to move the cubs into the jungle.
The firm has decided to close down its Chicago branch.
It was only to be the edging on a shawl for her, but he spent three days and two nights on it; and then she asked him to make it over with jack-in-the-pulpit inset, because she was sure to grow tired very soon of Sweet William; then she changed her mind about jack-in-the-pulpit and decided on wintergreen berries. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story
Luke had decided to take a long ride across the estate's grounds to the meadow in the east limit and set a picnic for both of us there.
There are a lot of gray areas where it is hard to decide until you have more information and experience.
So I've decided that if I ever go to jail, I am definitely busting out!
I can't decide whether to accept the Cambridge or the London job, but in either event I'll have to move house.
While polished concrete floors run through the rest of the house, they decided to stick with the original pressed cork that covered the gym floor. Times, Sunday Times
Nudism, the council decided, was doing the resort more harm than good.
Since it turned out I spent more time procrastinating instead of actually doing anything, I decided to finally finish my Bachelor of Arts degree.
We decided that in the future, when a truck returned from a pickup, we would put all the boxes in a temporary holding area marked by a cone.
I trust Adam implicitly as a critic of film, books, music, and especially comic books, and so I am torn andcan only say that you should check it out and decide for yourself. Book Reviews Galore! « 1979 Semi-Finalist…
Kate Augusto, Danielle Capalbo and Nick Mendez report that Ayman Nour, a leading political dissident in Egypt, has decided to return to prison and finish his sentence in order to dramatize what he calls the Egyptian government's ongoing lack of respect for democratic values. Archive 2009-05-01
Voting at the group stage has concluded, and is now taking place to decide the four quarter-final winners. Times, Sunday Times
Karen was born hearing impaired and learned to lip-read but, after her hearing failed completely in October 2002, she decided to have the operation when she discovered she was eligible for treatment.
He could avoid expulsion and imprisonment if the full 435-member House decides to enforce censure, a reprimand or fines.
The new Mustang has disc brakes all round, a decided improvement on the original cars.
Facing the dilemmas of ethical behaviour in a decidedly unethical society is the harder choice.
And another big one, of course, is the growing number of people who have no family doctor and no hope of getting one, either, because years ago the government (composed of people who NEVER make any mistakes) decided there were too many doctors and limited enrollment in med schools across the country. ProWomanProLife » Abortion politics in the USA
The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment,Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
As for clothes, fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label.
It's going to be like a high school basketball game that is decided by the final shot at the buzzer.

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