How To Use Deciding In A Sentence

Ratzinger exercised extraordinary ‘thought-control’ in deciding which works of theologians were orthodox and which were verboten.
And stamina while playing a computer may be the deciding factor in this match.
There were periods of real heroism as Scotland tried to speed the game up, Gordon Simpson deciding to run a quick one at the outset.
III, by deciding whether a codetta or coda has been added. Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition
So that deciding contestable moral questions by reference to what any particular person would think about them loses its validity.

I can understand a responsible Liberal minister deciding, ATC, not to open this can, but not without first tipping off the PM and probably not without tipping off the priviest part of the privy council the part that handles national security issues. Kory Teneycke, meet my tire iron.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. Ronald Reagan
An injury to Rossendale goalkeeper John Gillies proved to be the deciding factor in this match.
So, more studies are needed before concluding the maximum amount of additives for each ingredient and deciding whether the foods qualify under the regulation.
The shop and cafe were once a thriving business and despite a recent upturn in fortunes, a three-year period of losses have led to charity chiefs deciding it is no longer financially viable.
Cities now have flexibility in deciding how to spend federal transportation money.
There are various ways of deciding if a person is really self-employed. Times, Sunday Times
I tell ya what, de next time yer comin inta town bring de auld bike wit ya and ya can chain it to de pole outside, ‘sniggered Jim backing out the door, deciding that it was time to beat a hasty retreat.’
Across South Africa, the XDR-TB crisis has been complicated further, said Mtshali, as the different provinces took different approaches in deciding how long to hospitalise people with drug-resistant TB. ANC Daily News Briefing
Don't take too long deciding,or the other firm may jump in with their offer.
In our debrief, we discussed crew coordination and the process of deciding to eject.
Many are drawn in by the creative aspect — deciding whether to make a tropical terrarium, for example, or one of "the really artistic terrariums," she said, which "take an artistic hand to make.
Did the Minister leave relevant matter out of account in deciding to make the Order?
The chairperson always has the deciding vote.
Instead of the courts deciding who should be free and who unfree, the home secretary has sought to grab and keep that power for himself.
I am in the process of deciding which phone to get. i am caught between a blackberry curve and pantech slate.? Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
The threat of litigation can be a deciding factor in some business decisions.
Deciding that marriage was not so important for their third daughter, the Nis had loosened the bindings and allowed Kwei-tseng’s feet to grow normally into what upper-class Chinese referred to disdainfully as “big feet.” The Last Empress
The company played fairy godmother by deciding to sponsor the club for a further five years.
Our armour and weaponry were of course wholly authentic, as were our battle cries of 'Ouch' and 'I can't see where I'm going', although we didn't get round to deciding who was a Roundhead, who a Cavalier. Archive 2009-08-01
They got one over us in the end by deciding to speak in German.
Deciding to choose the positive is to celebrate the birdsong, regardless of the weather.
But there was one deciding factor: although she had to pay to get herself and her son to the hospital, the treatment, once there, was free.
In the end the jurymen are divided in their decision, and Athena casts the deciding vote, acquitting Orestes.
Some spontaneous abortions, apparently, ‘can be seen as a woman's reproductive organs unconsciously deciding not to go ahead with this pregnancy’.
The committee kicked your suggestion about for over an hour before deciding that they could not accept it.
This can be the deciding factor as to whether someone should embark on a course of therapy at all!
Care must be used in deciding where and when to use clear waterproofing materials on masonry walls.
Data analysis has become interactive, with the scientist interrogating the data and deciding new paths for investigation based on immediate feedback.
We should rethink the present situation before deciding.
Grieve suggests that brave good-faith have-a-go heroes will not face arrest, and then in disconcerting non sequitor that once arrested, investigated and passed to the CPS good intentions will be a factor in deciding what next. Con-Watch: Have-a-Go-Hero Dominic Grieve
Others fell into the trap I narrowly avoided while deciding on my outfit - accessorizing into hipness.
Should voters behave in this fashion, the contents of the Opposition's election manifesto become less significant in deciding the result.
RachelCreative: Brain totally agrees with you - heart, every time I see a sports film, does not - they don't make films about people "heroicly deciding to work from recliner" - I wish they did though. A seizure and a dream that died...for today.
Each slice was exactly 6mm thick and I cut it with a marquetry saw before deciding this was ridiculous, and that I should be using my teeth. How we made: Vicken Parsons and Antony Gormley on Bed
Cigarette smokers pollute the air for other people but take no account of this in deciding how much to smoke.
Maybe there is a mathematical proof deciding this question; maybe every mathematical question is decidable by an intuitive proof or disproof.
I identify as an androgyne, by the way, in case anyone feels that's relevant to deciding how to take this response.
That would account for someone deciding that the plural ending was i, not realizing that this was true only of masculine nouns, not neuters.
The deciding factor was whether a collapse of confidence would ricochet across the industry, triggering mass withdrawals of funds from life companies and widespread consumer panic.
To recommend a better conception of oneself misleadingly suggests that there is a core person deciding to correct her self-image.
Checking any Privacy Policy a site might have can sometimes be useful in deciding whether to sign up or not. Spam from Xavier – how to avoid your email address getting stolen
There are real problems of deciding whether a given ‘game’ has a global minimax or multiple local minimaxes or a minimax at all!
Attacks on him for deciding to enter the presidential race are intrinsically anti-democratic.
Doing this, it?s very easy to lose contact with the holds, and hence the only way to keep the momentum, in the last and often deciding face.
This theory outlines criteria that are important when deciding which assets are worth buying. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
They got one over us in the end by deciding to speak in German.
It is not just school leavers who are deciding that apprenticeships are the best way to get into a career. The Sun
Natalya quickly followed after her brother in retreat, deciding to flee and live to fight yet another day.
I asked him finally, deciding to worm an answer out of him now.
He also scored the winning try in the deciding match. Times, Sunday Times
But deciding that people from that country should be subjected to heightened scrutiny at our domestic checkpoints … that seems to fall into the arena of debatably reasonable policy. Matthew Yglesias » Profiling Lite
So the only thing that surprised when he was asked if he would take a draw and a replay at Ibrox, was the fact that he swithered, albeit fleetingly, before deciding against it.
Vehicle excise duty costs will become the deciding purchasing factor for buyers of cars outside those where the badge carries power. Times, Sunday Times
The board were unanimous in deciding it wouldn't be the right fit for our club. The Sun
The determining factor in deciding whether to try a new approach with a patient is the risk/benefit equation. Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease?
Deciding the property was right for them, they put in an offer on the spot.
Further, deciding whether the requesting state's inaction was blameworthy created practical problems. Times, Sunday Times
After winning the toss and deciding to bat, Brothers were struggling at 3-24 when Matthews walked to the crease.
The very nature of democracy requires public input into decision-making, not technocrats deciding what is good for the public.
After reading the reports and deciding that her dream car is too expensive, our consumer decides to buy jewelry.
The reputability of the health insurance provider is pretty far down the list of considerations when deciding what company to work for.
The seabed images were used by the Navy in deciding which areas of shoals and reef needed careful investigations using the ship's echosounder.
We are left to speculate the girl is just a deadhead, and in her indecision, powers on, deciding to live in the future, never looking back.
Deciding where you must conform and where you are freer to please yourself is dependent on the situation and the other players. Coping with Stress at Work
I looked around at the blue sky and felt the beautiful intenseness of biking and running and picked up the pace, deciding I was happier to be running than not running. Tales of an Alderwoman: Recovery and taking time off
My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and it all culminated in my deciding to change jobs.
Even apart from the problems above, retributivists have yet to construct a nonarbitrary way of deciding what sentence the guilty offender deserves as punishment. Punishment
This will disgruntle and confuse the Cultural Warriors -- imagine them celebrating the ACLU -- and it may help us avoid the long and expensive process of deciding who the genuine Christian might be, and the interesting problem of how to dispose of the non-genuine articles. Daniel Krotz: Separating The Sheep From The Goats
If you're doing a house clearance, you can find out what items are worth before deciding where to sell them. Times, Sunday Times
I'm awfy sorry aboot that, hen," she offered, then deciding another show of penitence and retribution was appropriate, slapped Demi yet again. Country of the Blind
Charles, deciding that we had perhaps had enough surveying for one day, suggested we head to the back to look at the pretties, check out some leads and get back early for once.
In Sao Paulo , a baby boy is chortling away , unaware that a court isdeciding his fate.
But is anyone else a little uncomfy with the Academy deciding that certain actors get singled out and others get lumped into a quick montage?
And it's a cultural divide between those who believe that baseball represents something pure and simple -- father and son deciding on the spur of the moment to take in a ballgame, some peanuts and Cracker Jack -- and those who see sports as fuel to drive the engine of urban redevelopment, grease the dealmaking of the nation's corporate chieftains, and supply television with a steady source of programming to wrap around commercials. Ernie Harwell and the story of baseball
It prevents people from stopping and loitering there for all hours of the night and deciding what mischief they're going to get up to.
In my opinion, Abercrombie would be better off changing his plans and deciding to write a quadrilogy. Joe Abercrombie - Last Argument of Kings (BlindMan's Book Review)
It is unarguable that environmental conditions that existed in the past did exist, and that they did result in the world as it is, but this, frankly, is useless information when deciding what had to happen.
It's just another case of someone deciding that it's easier and more profitable to blame his problems on some faceless company instead of actually taking some responsibility.
On the second question, he held that there were no strong reasons for deciding not to hold the parties to their bargain.
I wish to be involved in deciding the treatment I receive as much as possible.
The public was fickle, sometimes positively perverse, deciding to deify an unknown against all expectation. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
Katseli also said she would listen to Papandreou's speech tonight before deciding whether to back him.5.14pm: Before things get too heated in Greece, let's post this jolly tale from David Gow:The "live ticker" on spiegel.de has made a wonderful contribution to German-Hellenic understanding by quoting at length Uli Hoeness - remember him England? Greek PM Papandreou wins confidence vote - November 4 2011
Paul Hamilton puts the problem this way: historicism is the name given to this apparent relativing of the past by getting to know the different interpretations to which it is open and deciding between them on grounds expressing our own contemporary preoccupations. Notes on 'The Uses and Abuses of Historicism: Halperin and Shelley on the Otherness of Ancient Greek Sexuality'
Consumers generally place more weight on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy.
When you are deciding what this is, remember that you can blog about any herb, plant, veggie, or flower for weekend herb blogging, so if you're currently herbless like me, at least in the garden, the Weekend Herb Blogging possibilities are still pretty endless. Favorite Foods and My Blog Friends Are Everywhere I Look
Lord Grade could estimate the cost of your clothes at a glance (adding 50\% for overheads and a 50\% markup), having been in the schmutter business before deciding that there was a brighter future dancing the Charleston. The Guardian World News
Before deciding to accept, he conferred with his synod council.
The diversity of political systems and of economic records in developing countries suggested that international capitalism was not the sole deciding factor.
Deciding the agenda is the most vital aspect of pre-meeting planning.
Maybe there is a mathematical proof deciding this question; maybe every mathematical question is decidable by an intuitive proof or disproof.
But the deciding factor was the latter's growing fatigue in the final stages.
But that case does not assist in deciding whether the private service provider is itself amenable to judicial review.
I don't like the idea of stiffnecked government officials deciding what we can and can't read -- and when you ban a site like Kynhun (an e-group that discussed the petty corruption of petty officials in Meghalaya as well as the possibility of seceding from the Indian union), you create a genuine grievance out of a minor kvetch. Archive 2004-06-01
We hummed and hawed for months before actually deciding to buy the house.
The operator can then use his own judgment in deciding whether the vehicle needs to be jounced.
My boss has given me a free hand in deciding which outside contractor to use.
We examine the wording in detail before deciding on the final text.
A lot more people will suddenly want to have a direct say in deciding who gets the job in the first place. Archive 2009-10-01
I should record, however, that I am unpersuaded by the reasons for delay set out at the end of the Form 86A. I accept, of course, that the merits of the argument may also be relevant in deciding whether or not the time limits should be extended.
She ran this shop for ten years before deciding to move on to fresh chal-lenges.
Or, if deciding between right or wrong was too taxing, they could simply text in semi-literate messages to the show instead.
You were right in deciding not to go.
The surety that life would end was comforting, the certainty that every minute I was deciding to live, a relief. THE KINDEST USE A KNIFE
If he is so satisfied, he still is left with the task of deciding whether as a matter of discretion he should order disclosure.
Luck is certainly one deciding factor.
Why do I feel like the objective of this is to give people something on which they can waste their energy and attention while the elect is deciding on important things?
Look about carefully before deciding whom to invite.
Resident hunk and winker extraordinaire Zac Efron took the reigns, stating This is the final year at East High for the Wildcats, so we're kind of deciding for ourselves what we should do with our futures. ‘High School Musical 3’ Cast Gear Up For Their Senior Year » MTV Movies Blog
Whereas the endangered species listing is determined solely upon scientific data, economics play a role in deciding critical habitat.
Bob saw his daughter in the car, in the dark, some big punk fool in a pickup with a brainful of crystal meth and a gutful of Budweiser slamming her, laughing hard, deciding it was fun, and slamming her again and again. A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set
Money proved to be the deciding factor.
It has moved from talking about growing the cake, to now getting on with the job of deciding how it will divide the cake up.
This is a new consort still deciding on its identity, so the concert was very much a case of ‘interim report on work in progress’.
The girl had taken a long look at herself in the mirror before deciding she wasn't bruised or welted or anything.
Bad management and bad cost control will be crucial in deciding success or failure.
How do you go about deciding which microbe is the most important? Gut Reactions
We redid out packs organizing them, my skirt and top were dirty, wrinkled, and still wet so I folded them and put them in my pack, deciding to walk in my bloomers and corset.
Del got to her feet and pulled Keaton's sweatshirt on over her cami, shoving her hands into the pouch as she opened her door, deciding on a midnight snack.
Each performance will outline the courses, qualifications and support available when deciding on which educational route to take after GCSEs.
The courts have also looked to the logical implications and extensions of their prior precedents in deciding whether a right is fundamental.
This theory outlines criteria that are important when deciding which assets are worth buying. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
But on what the author of the Autocrat calls the arithmetical side, -- in the power of judging particular men and not general principles; in deciding who were the good men and who were not, he fell short of the ideal suggested by his legislative career. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer
Vulnerability is very important for deciding the line of defensive bidding.
Deciding to write a book about the incident, he sets about researching the house and discovers a terrifying supernatural force behind the tragedy. The Sun
It is surprising how many people start sounding off about something without really deciding what they think about it.
And a waiting moment was enough - she and I yet again flinging every possible limit aside, deciding on all manner of pretense and affectation.
Deciding to pursue the matter if chance arose, Claire thought back to the reason for the visit. DEATH SPEAKS SOFTLY
I stared at it for a minute before deciding that it means (in Cherie's made-up lingo land), "Death by embarrassment. February 4th, 2006
And reports this week that he has taken charge of deciding transfer targets do not bode well for McCall.
Bulgaria won the quarter-final over Israel in Soccer at the 1968 Mexico Olympics in which the deciding factor was the toss of the coin.
He also has the responsibility of deciding the appropriate action for changes where rejection would be contentious.
It is impossible to overstress the importance of the weather in waging war, from launching a tactical attack to deciding when to start hostilities.
Consumers generally place more weight on negative information than on the positive when deciding what to buy.
Don't be put off by expensive looking cosmetics boutiques and swanky hair salons when you're deciding your new look.
We should rethink the present situation before deciding.
So upon deciding the fresh air might do me some good, I wrestled my rebellious hair into a ponytail, dressed, and headed out the door.
There are no clear-cut rules for deciding what's fair use and there are no ‘automatic’ classes of fair uses.
We consulted quite widely before deciding what to do.
However, the state has not yet enacted the agreement and Nu Image has been awaiting the authorities' decision before deciding its own action on the case.
I debated on an accessory, finally deciding on a silver chain necklace with a small charm of a glass slipper on the end.
A dispute over the removal of 21 public payphones from the Kendal area has rumbled on this week with the town council deciding to continue its protest against the decision.
When superintendencies became vacant, she played an important role in deciding upon replacements. The Mad Among Us
The deciding set was warfare, and though the pair exchanged early breaks, they found themselves engaged in lengthy, hard-hitting rallies and chasing every ball with legs fueled by determination. Djokovic Beats Nadal in Australian Open Final
Now they face the much harder task of deciding what do to about it. Times, Sunday Times
Peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes have some clinical situations in common, so some common principles may be followed when deciding rehabilitation countermeasures.
Ebdon had the chance to seal victory in the deciding frame after White missed a yellow.
Pupils enjoy considerable latitude in deciding what they want to study.
The status and availability of the original speaker is therefore of great importance in deciding whether to publish the remark.
So Tess centred on horseback riding, deciding it was the "classiest" sport, after all. Missy
After deciding that all signs of the injury were well hidden she began digging through the closet yet again in search of a shirt.
Management accounting Planning means deciding objectives and the means for achieving them.
But the reality is that women face a multitude of problems when deciding if and when to have a family, despite the prospect of a childless future glaring at them from newspaper headlines.
One of the trolls said something about “activist judges” and I got dizzy from the staggering display of stupidity so close to their beloved ACTIVIST SUPREME COURT deciding corporations have more rights than citizens. Think Progress » DeMint Blocks A Wise Lesbian Latina From Serving On The D.C. Superior Court
Before deciding whether to provide for determination by expert rather than by arbitration, it is essential to appreciate the differences between them.
The diversity of political systems and of economic records in developing countries suggested that international capitalism was not the sole deciding factor.
Next on the agenda is deciding where we're going to live.
Ideally, the coach should have watched the knockout stages of all these tournaments before deciding on the probables list.
Deciding the agenda is the most vital aspect of pre-meeting planning.
Both the political and social-class designations no longer seem appropriate, and the resizing of broadsheets will undoubtedly add to the difficulty of deciding which paper serves a given audience.
What do you go by when you're deciding whether or not to employ someone?
He said instead, deciding that wouldn't be the best approach to getting his way.
Large numbers did not marry at all, deciding to remain celibate, some for religious reasons, others, it has been suggested, due to a certain embarrassment about sex.
The current High Court seems to be deciding most cases in favour of defendants.
The arguments presented by the HFEA in court, and those made by judges in deciding in favour of the HFEA, contained a number of inconsistencies and arbitrary judgements.
It is setting up a committee of economists, which will help to establish a new points system by deciding how many workers the economy needs. Times, Sunday Times
These extra expenses and the resulting lower net income must be measured before deciding our tuition rates.
Now, there's some duh residue in (a) having eight "best" friends; (b) deciding arbitrarily that having three bridesmaids is okay but eight isn't; (c) drawing straws instead of including all of them or none of them; (d) your oldest friend taking things personally instead of just recognizing the desperate act of a desperate bride. Carolyn Hax: Wedding party choice has left-out friend smarting
Deciding this act to be futile, he took a longer glance, squinting beady eyes in the dark, and gestured his yellow thumb in the direction of the door.
The environmental argument was a deciding factor.
The most important factor in deciding WordPress theme is the ease of installation, user friendly and search engine optimised. Plentyoffish Serious Member Profile Upgrade… « The Paradigm Shift
It's also a trusted arbiter of extremes, deciding who, officially, is the most wack.
He would watch them taking notes and deciding the scales in swift, unargued decisions. Times, Sunday Times
President Clinton is on the verge of deciding how best to pursue an international ban on land mines.
revindication" and has recourse to the opinion of experts, if he considers such expert opinion necessary for the elucidation of the rights of the parties, etc.; he takes part in deciding and in the drafting of the judgment, which he signs with the Chinese The Fight for the Republic in China
‘Well, your friends, they're nice,’ Trey chirruped, deciding he would break the ice.
Before deciding which dealers to pursue, staff members consider the severity of the case, the costs and the likelihood of collecting penalties and restitution.
If their service to my carry on luggage is superior, I should be the one deciding if the fee is worth choosing that airline. Senator vows to block carry-on fee
In February 2000 a High Court judge ruled that Johnson was insane and incapable of deciding to end his life.
Hasseck said one way of deciding how to deal with awkward customers was to work out what kind they were.
I find the biggest problem people have is deciding what to do for a living after downshifting.
It was that I had been conditioned into making a grab for a seat, by watching everyone else do the same thing and deciding to copy them.
There is little doubt in my mind that efficiency and cost-effectiveness will inevitably be considerations when deciding on our transport solutions.
She urges local care trusts to forget about money when deciding whether to offer the miracle treatment. The Sun
Being a player short was the deciding factor in Burnholme's 78-81 home defeat against Ainsty in the Fellowship Cup.
Revered by some and reviled by many, Monsieur Arthens has been lording it over the world's most esteemed chefs for years, passing judgment on their creations, deciding their fates with a stroke of his pen, destroying and building reputations on a whim. Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery: Book summary
Deciding to be her advocate, I went to the charge nurse on the floor and reported the situation.
Heins,38 Roald commented ruefully in response, deciding wisely that to be placatory was the most sensible course of action. Storyteller
This was the deciding point, as the bell for end of lunch was soon due.
While deciding, we stared into the eyes of a striped bass, sea bass, porgy and red snapper.
The deciding run, in the fourth inning, came as Crabtree tripled after Longacre fell trying to make the catch and Kurowski flew to right.
IF the condiment is totally new to you and so you are having trouble deciding what it should taste like, I recommend setting it aside until you have the rice vermicelli made, and then drizzling a little on the noodles and judging from that. Bun Bo Shao (Vietnamese Sirloin served on Rice Vermicelli and Veggies)
Women caught in the web of structuring a career have to think a lot before deciding to go ahead and have a baby.
You were quite right to refuse/in deciding to refuse/in your decision to refuse.
I wonder if Fox News may be deciding to dial back its bug-eyed tea-bagginess. Has Fox News Bugged Out on 'Baggers?: James Wolcott

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