DECISION

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a bold decision

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Deciding to emigrate is a bold decision for anyone to make.

a controversial decision

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The court’s decision was highly controversial.

a crucial decision/step

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Choosing a career is a crucial decision to make.

a group decision

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Being involved in a group decision can help motivate workers.

a key decision

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Women made most of the key decisions about how money was spent in the household.

a painful decision

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I made the painful decision to move far away from my family.

a policy decision

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No policy decision can be made until the next meeting.

a rational decision/choice

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The patient was incapable of making a rational decision.

announce a decision/intention/plan

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The government has announced plans to create 10,000 new jobs.

applaud...decision

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I applaud the decision to install more security cameras.

arbitrary decision

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an arbitrary decision

challenge...decision

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They went to the High Court to challenge the decision .

collective decision

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a collective decision made by all board members

decision...final

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The judge’s decision is final .

deferred...decision

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The committee deferred their decision .

delayed...decision

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He delayed his decision on whether to call an election.

final decision/say/approval etc

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We can advise the client, but in the end it is he who has the final say .

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Is that your final answer ?

go back on your word/promise/decision

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Delors claimed that the President had gone back on his word.

implement a policy/plan/decision etc

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We have decided to implement the committee’s recommendations in full .

influence a decision/outcome/choice etc

momentous decision

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a momentous decision

quick decision

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I had to make a quick decision .

rash decisions

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Don’t go making any rash decisions about your future!

ratify a treaty/an agreement/a decision etc

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We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty.

reach a decision

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I hope that they reach a decision soon.

reconsider...decision

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He should reconsider his decision to resign.

render a decision/opinion/judgment etc

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It is unlikely that the court will render an opinion before November 5.

reverse a decision/ruling

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The Supreme Court reversed the decision.

stick by a decision/promise etc

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He has stuck by his radical plans for economic reform.

stick to your decision/principles etc

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Miguel was determined to stick to his decision.

tactical move/decision/ploy

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a tactical decision to send in troops

ultimate decision

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The ultimate decision rests with the Public Health Service.

watershed decision/case etc

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a watershed case on pension rights

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

conscious

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In reality, of course, they are the result of a long chain of conscious decision making.

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I made a conscious decision to do more than persevere in the remaining years I have with my voice.

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Once you've made a conscious decision to move you become more aware.

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When you make a conscious decision , it is done in the summit of the brain.

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It was more than a conscious and detailed decision: it was like a force of nature.

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It has to be designed or thought out carefully so that conscious decisions can be made about it.

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This is the result of a conscious decision to segment their markets in this way. 14.

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Although it may appear otherwise, such behaviour requires no conscious decision making by the ant.

difficult

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Having heard differing views during a visit to the region on Friday, Lang said difficult decisions would need to be made.

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Now there's a handbook to help couples deal with making such difficult decisions .

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Laing pauses to collect his thoughts when considering what was perhaps the most difficult decision of his long career.

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Even the institutions that are trying to establish captive-breeding programmes face difficult decisions .

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There may be difficult decisions to take about which new services should be funded first and how best to run them.

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He comes from a musical family and might be faced with a difficult decision before he is much older.

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It had been a difficult decision , but she was sure it had been the right one.

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He said the difficult decision had been made in the interest of his public relations business.

final

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After a fabulous day in a London hotel with the six finalists, our prestigious panel of judges made their final decision .

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Monday, with the final decision in perhaps the final trial, maybe the spotlight would finally be off Brentwood.

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It is not the place of this House to take final decisions .

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A final decision will come this summer.

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A final decision whether to grant an entertainment licence will be taken in March.

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He added, though, that he would consult with doctors and his family before making a final decision .

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You can make suggestions, offer advice and give support but final decisions must be theirs.

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The final decision is next Wednesday.

hard

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He made the hard decision to abandon the Old World.

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They say it must have been such a hard decision .

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But it was a hard decision .

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This, too, was a hard decision because Gary Stevens merited prime consideration.

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In old age Ramsey looked back and knew that this was the hardest decision of his life.

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The officials who are retiring or were defeated had to make hard decisions after the flood.

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The hard decisions need to be taken early.

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But I didn't make any hard and fast decisions about giving up painting at all.

important

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Yet very little is known in any detail about how these important decisions are made.

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For those voters' sakes, important decisions like this one should be deferred.

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It was at this point that Duregar made an important decision .

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When managers entrust employees with important decisions , they signal their respect for those employees.

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This is an important decision clarifying the extent of the powers available for use as and when appropriate.

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His most important decision was to settle on a point of view for his work.

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Equally important was its decision to combine support for the war effort and for the Government with the most vigorous campaigning politics.

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These important decisions are made by the affective system.

key

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But corruption is only a partial explanation of some of the key strategic decisions taken by the governments.

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That means, as usual, the key decisions will be made in the September primary election.

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This should involve making all key decisions and even moving into your office during your absence.

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It is in such accidental and unplanned ways that key historical decisions are made.

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It is there that key decisions are made.

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He cited Liverpool's willingness to operate a 24-hour service as a key to the decision to switch to Merseyside.

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The Cabinet, chaired by the prime minister, is the key decision making body within the government.

major

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A major decision would have to be taken on whether to include financial reporting as well as auditing.

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Interactive telecommunications increasingly give ordinary citizens immediate access to the major political decisions that affect their lives and property.

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Control of all major decisions must be returned to the unions.

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Earlier in chapter 2 we saw the major decisions that the students in the Foxfire program are expected to make.

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Periods of this order should be allocated to the major problems and decisions , protected from disturbance.

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Everyone is involved in major decisions affecting the plant.

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These are not encouraging recommendations for expanding the role of public opinion in major decision making about affairs of state.

political

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This was his most vulnerable political decision .

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Difficult political decisions should not be left to the snap judgments and popular distemper of public opinion, Hamilton wrote.

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In terms of funding, there's going to have to be some political decision as to how we allocate those resources.

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I think it was a political decision in Moscow.

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In addition, public transport is much more subject to direct government policy and to the influence of political decisions .

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Once political decisions have been made, they become outputs of the political system.

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The procedures whereby political decisions are made in the United States surely have much to answer for.

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In lieu of a policy, most political decisions were dictated by military necessity.

right

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It was a fine bright day and he felt sure he had made the right decision .

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Now, in his senior year, Jeff feels staying was definitely the right decision .

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No, not so he had taken the right decision .

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It was pretty obvious he made the right decision .

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The no difference thesis is about what happens if authorities reach the right decision .

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Pete Wilson, who signed the helmet legislation, said earlier this year that he still believes he made the right decision .

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Setting them free Adults have the right to make decisions for themselves.

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Nina wondered for the hundredth time if she'd made the right decision giving up her place in Joe's home.

tough

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Tough decisions await the Government, not least over public spending. Tough decisions require a tough man at the top.

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These were my unofficial board of directors, the people I could reach out to when I had tough decisions to make.

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Is Gloucestershire County Council shirking tough education decisions , does it lack the courage of party convictions?

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Tapping into that courage demands more than intellectual commitment and tough decision making.

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It was a tough business decision but the right one.

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Cowher, 34 at the time, was picked in a tough decision .

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Deciding how much money each department will get calls for tough decisions .

wrong

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It was not necessarily the wrong decision .

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Secondly, central bankers, like other human beings, can take the wrong decisions .

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All the wrong decisions of Preston's life had come from feeling vulnerable.

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While training schoolchildren to deal with threatening situations, they found many were making the wrong decisions .

■ NOUN

court

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Indeed, for the majority of these propositions there is no authority in the sense of legislation or court decision .

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Recent Supreme Court decisions have put limits on the use of affirmative action to assure diversity in student bodies.

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This operates when a party is dissatisfied by any court decision , where first instance or on appeal.

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Not according to a 1989 federal appeals court decision .

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The meeting was adjourned to allow the government time to appeal against the Supreme Court decision .

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That led to a 1994 state court decision rejecting the project because of inadequate environmental protections.

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The Supreme Court decision , if it sticks, will be a severe setback to the commission's work.

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Most work at uninspiring tasks, pore over old court decisions and statute books, and draft memos for their higher-ups.

maker

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A central decision making process involving Inspectors and civilian decision makers was established and developed ....

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To make it the rule, we must change the incentives that drive decision makers .

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Your chance to make up your own mind about what key decision makers are saying by listening to them in full.

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The pressures on the decision makers might overwhelm their capacity to respond effectively.

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The approach used is an interactive one where the decision maker plays a positive part in the solution process itself.

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With such access, a manager can deal directly with a key decision maker or find out what is really happening.

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We can add to this the uncertain environment in which decision makers operate.

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In this view, decision makers lack the cognitive capacity and the comprehensive information that would enable them to calculate utilities rationally.

making

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Discuss the reasons why accrual accounting methods are not appropriate to future decision making .

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Cost effectiveness estimates should not be used in a mechanistic fashion; at best they provide a useful aid for decision making .

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This is bad for decision making and bad for democracy.

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S.U. was to be encouraged, eliminating chains of assessment and decision making which had lain within the purview of the superintendent.

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For these reasons such costs and revenues are not taken into account in decision making .

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The purpose of evaluation is to collect and analyse information that can be used for rational decision making .

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Despite these criticisms, recent approaches to decision making have sought to pursue the rational approach.

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This report offered a useful opportunity to discuss the extent to which the age factor might influence clinical decision making .

policy

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Tactical information Marketing mix item Type of research Product policy decision Qualitative research to generate ideas for new products.

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However, no policy decisions have been taken regarding the pricing of conferences.

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He raises the funds, participates in policy decisions and serves as cheerleader.

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There was pressure from other member states to take foreign policy decisions by majority voting.

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In fact, quite a few of its policy decisions have been unfortunate, and have got out of control.

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Unlike Members of Parliament, all councillors are formally responsible for policy decisions through attendance at full council or committee meetings.

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Most class analysts do not explain in detail how policy decisions are actually made.

■ VERB

announce

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The tribunal returns and the chairman announces their decision .

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It is expected to announce its decision this afternoon.

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The chant is certain to be sustained until the International Board announce their decision at their annual meeting in Auckland next April.

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It was due to announce its decision by mid-1992, prior to its summer recess.

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Osteen said he would not announce a decision for between five and 10 weeks.

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Jean Monnet announced his decision not to seek re-election as President of the High Authority.

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Evans said yesterday that he would announce a decision early next week.

based

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Draw a circle on it based on your decision as to how far you are prepared to travel to work each day.

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Hayes said he based his decision on several factors.

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CompuServe spokesman William Giles said that the CompuServe officials based their decisions entirely on the names of the newsgroups.

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He had based his whole decision on that assurance.

challenge

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So they went to the High Court to challenge the decision and have been given leave to seek a judicial review.

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Coaches would not challenge trivial decisions .

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The representatives of several cities and states immediately announced their intention to challenge Mosbacher's decision in court.

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Allstate has said regardless of whether the settlement is challenged , its decision to turn agents into independent contractors will remain intact.

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Several unsuccessful companies announced that they were considering challenging the commission's decisions in court.

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The local presbytery agreed, but 10 area churches challenged the decision .

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Attempts by parents to challenge case conference decisions through the courts have not met with much success.

delay

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Spending chiefs decided to delay their decision until then, although they did discuss more council spending as well as less.

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But what did matter was the effect of a delayed decision on his schedule.

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Justices should be reminded that they must not delay their decision .

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If Wieben Stock had believed otherwise, she could have delayed her decision until after the trial, attorneys pointed out.

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Preparing full opinions on every appeal would significantly delay the decision of all appeals.

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After all, the greatest disaster would be to delay the decision until we were too inert to do anything about it.

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She laughed, partly amused at his fascination with the woman and partly relieved at being able to delay her decision .

follow

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I promise the hon. Gentleman that jobs will follow from those decisions .

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It is only necessary to get the judges to consider the same information and follow the same decision rules.

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The news follows a decision by the Merseyside coroner, Roy Barter, to release his body formally to the family.

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He was my husband, and I knew I was supposed to follow his decisions .

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The novels which followed this decision are the fulfilment of Hardy's career as a novelist.

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The threatened public sector pay freeze follows Mr Major's decision to preserve capital spending projects to help Britain out of recession.

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Clearly, following the decision in Howell v. Coupland, the seller was excused his obligation to deliver 275 tons.

implement

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Secondly, research looked at the relationship between these councillors and the local government officers employed to implement their decisions .

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To motivate others to implement their decisions , they need strong leadership qualities.

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He is not looking for people who can make decisions for him, but people through whom he can implement his decisions.

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Modeled along Confucian lines, it consisted of six ministries that shaped policy, each paralleled by a department to implement decisions .

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In this interpretation, information specialists were functionaries who merely implemented the decisions of top management.

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When that happens they will tend to implement the decision without rancour or subversion.

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A particular personality type is said to be favoured: those with good listening skills who will implement party decisions without question.

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The burden of implementing papal decisions and the decisions of councils fell directly upon the bishops.

influence

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Two factors - besides Nilsson's growing illness - had influenced his decision to bring Ronnie back.

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As the schedule stands now, the next test will not take place until November, too late to influence a decision .

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This was confirmed in one of the survey questions, which identified 10 factors influencing decisions on where to place contracts.

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There the political system has several characteristics that particularly facilitate the mobilization of small groups of people to influence decisions .

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The gifts to the judge were one aspect of his knowledge of the case which would influence his decision .

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What are the factors that will influence your decision ?

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Fair procedures With that in mind, how can you influence your employer's decision on your fate?

inform

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But some recent research about the effects on crime of gun ownership ought to play a part in informing society's decisions .

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This brochure empowers sufferers with knowledge to make informed decisions about their headache care.

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Her courtiers have all been informed of this decision and have acted accordingly.

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Remember the reason you gave me when you informed me of your decision ?

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Their views should be sought regularly and systematically to inform decisions about what services should be provided.

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They can not make informed decisions based on serious print information.

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The research would inform planning and decision making over the use of legal aid in tribunals.

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Everyone should have enough information to make an informed decision .

make

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Very soon she would have to make the decision to leave.

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It was almost like I made the decision unconsciously.

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I don't know who it was made the decision , I was only a very junior Producer.

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California Attorney General Dan Lungren also will make antitrust decisions in several weeks regarding both merger proposals, the regulators said.

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I know of several other parents who have made the same decision .

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He makes the key editorial decisions including when a story is aired, its length and position in the program.

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If governors are to make good decisions on meeting special needs their approach must be equally systematic.

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But I consider it my job to give a family the opportunity to make a decision .

overturn

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The Court of Appeal overturned his decision .

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If he decides not to do so, any Republican successor would overturn that decision .

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The High Court has overturned decisions made by secretaries of state.

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They are part of a campaign to overturn the county's decision to spray on private property if needed.

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A federal judge had dismissed the action, and the appeals court overturned that decision .

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The House of Lords overturned the decision .

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Government lawyers had hoped to overturn a December 1999 decision by U.S.

reach

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Mr Norris said standards applied in reaching the decision were the same as those used for all other major transport infrastructure projects.

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He has since given several different versions of how he reached the decision .

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This at once enhances the contribution which the court or parents can make towards reaching the best possible decision in all the circumstances.

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She wasn't going to be able to reach any sensible decision while she was anywhere near this house.

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Then they appeared to reach a decision and walked back to the Land Rover.

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People divorced, left each other - grown men and women who reached the decision to part.

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The missed approach is commenced immediately on reaching decision height, if visual contact has not been made at this point.

reverse

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The Court of Appeal reversed this decision , but it was held that instructions were relevant in deciding fitness for purpose.

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The bill reversed this decision and returned the burden of proof concerning a business necessity to the employer.

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After a lower court ruled the signatures were valid, the Arizona Court of Appeals unanimously reversed that decision in February 1996.

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Two days before the hearing, she reversed her decision and asked for him back.

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Nolan J. dismissed the claim but the Court of Appeal, by a majority, reversed his decision .

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On appeal by the commissioner the judge reversed that decision .

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They accordingly reversed the judge's decision to quash and restored the decisions of the appeal committee in both cases.

take

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But of course managers manage; they take decisions and control factors of production.

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Commercial journals, particularly the weeklies and monthlies, can take rapid decisions , and have a faster turn-round time.

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The appeal ought to be dealt with by some one who was not directly involved in taking the original decision .

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He took the decision soon after he had been elected Speaker in 1983.

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General will should ensure the equality and liberty necessary for active citizenship -; taking collective decisions .

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In doing so they would deny Mr Ashdown the opportunity to take his painful decision .

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They should not be taking decisions about how money should be spent.

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But if we do clear-mindedly and explicitly take decisions riot to have necessitating circumstances, do we call them effects at all?

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

arrive at a decision/solution/compromise etc

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He arrived at a decision, threw the cigarette away, and turned towards a small depressing row of agricultural cottages.

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He finally arrived at a compromise with her, which was that he could have three independent, non-civil servant, advisers.

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However, the parties involved were prepared to have their heads hit together to arrive at a solution.

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In such a case, some form of conflict resolution must be adopted to arrive at a solution.

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My colleagues and I, after much consideration have arrived at a decision.

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Now, she thought, now we shall get things done, sort things out, arrive at a solution.

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They spent time arriving at a decision on the correct software.

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Using committees internally to overcome restrictions on information and thereby arrive at a decision.

come to a decision/conclusion/agreement etc

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Conclusion With so many unanswered questions, it is an unwise man who comes to a conclusion.

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He has not yet come to a conclusion on that.

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He paused at a street corner and tried to come to a decision.

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In the restaurant he realized that he had come to a decision about things.

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Léonie stared at the two shops and came to a decision.

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She and o Pappous came to a decision.

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The Post Office says it hopes the two sides can come to an agreement at a branch meeting this evening.

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We had tea afterwards in a hotel in Berthing, but we failed to come to an agreement.

conscious effort/decision/attempt etc

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Accepting our human limitations in these high-pressure times, though, takes conscious effort.

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And each time the child has to make a new conscious effort like that, there is an opportunity to lose concentration.

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I made a conscious decision to do more than persevere in the remaining years I have with my voice.

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In both examples, a conscious attempt has been made-to segment the market. 11.

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It's a conscious decision and I think it's important that men understand a woman who is offering an alternative lifestyle.

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Just lately I have made a conscious effort to really look at the book.

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Other subjects - like calculus or computing - can not be learned without some conscious effort.

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What varies, and varies dramatically, is the conscious effort with which they are identified and undertaken.

decision maker/policy maker/peacemaker etc

decision making/policy making

hand down a decision/ruling/sentence etc

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Just a few months earlier, the Supreme Court had handed down a decision inviting states to pass abortion restrictions.

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She is expected soon to hand down a ruling.

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The commission will seek to arbitrate a resolution before handing down a decision in late summer.

informed decision/choice/judgment etc

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And now supermarkets throughout the country are helping the shopper to make more informed choices.

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As with a question of fact, the more informed judgement could be the mistaken one.

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Information is vital Good information is essential if people are to make informed choices about services.

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Micky Burns from the players' union advises and assists on the options to help them make informed choices about their futures.

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The view is that a consent is not valid unless the patient has enough information to make an informed choice.

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They provide young people with career exploration and counseling so they can make more informed decisions about their academic and occupational goals.

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This brochure empowers sufferers with knowledge to make informed decisions about their headache care.

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Who, we also want students to make well, informed decisions and that there are particular places like the 0.

majority vote/decision/verdict etc

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And I suppose the way to change the damned constitution is with a majority vote.

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It took the jury almost five hours to reach a majority verdict and acquit her on all three charges.

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Stopping the White House from selling weapons to a foreign country requires a majority vote in both houses of Congress.

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Supposing Yorkshire or Cornwall decided by a majority vote to secede from Britain and elect their own government.

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The majority decision said the cabinet must now report to the legislature on its plan to scrap the plant.

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The reason for this is that government output is determined on the basis of a simple majority vote model.

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Then there is the problem of qualified majority voting on foreign policy issues.

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With a pure majority vote, this would presumably be enacted.

overturn a decision/verdict etc

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The High Court has overturned decisions made by secretaries of state.

snap judgment/decision

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As I begin to uncover a whole new world myself, I see the folly of that snap judgment.

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Consultation and investigation Having your say Employers should avoid making snap decisions in cases of sickness absence.

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I just made a snap decision that this was where I wanted to be.

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I will not make a snap decision, Lieutenant.

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If the failure occurs higher on the launch, again a snap decision can be fatal.

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Maxim was about to explain when the lieutenant obviously came to a snap judgment on his military value and slammed out again.

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So his leave-taking is no snap decision.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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As chief executive, I often have to take difficult decisions.

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It's a big decision . Go home and discuss it with your wife.

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My decision to leave school when I was only 15 was the worst mistake I ever made.

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The board is expected to make a decision on the merger by August.

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The burden of decision rests with the Supreme Court.

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The judges' decision is final.

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They're going to close the school, but I think that's the wrong decision .

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This job requires the ability to act with speed and decision .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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But I consider it my job to give a family the opportunity to make a decision .

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If persons beyond the subject of the decision are included, then specificity becomes impossible.

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If so, an immense difference would arise in decisions on right and wrong between Bentham and Mill.

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Indeed, the real test will come this spring, in a series of key decisions by the Texas Public Utility Commission.

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Just make the best decision you possibly can in the light of the information contained in Chapter 4.

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Leicester Building Society has said it is considering options but has made no decision .

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Neither does it inform complex and stressful child care decisions.