noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bold decision
▪ Deciding to emigrate is a bold decision for anyone to make.
a controversial decision
▪ The court’s decision was highly controversial.
a crucial decision/step
▪ Choosing a career is a crucial decision to make.
a group decision
▪ Being involved in a group decision can help motivate workers.
a key decision
▪ Women made most of the key decisions about how money was spent in the household.
a painful decision
▪ I made the painful decision to move far away from my family.
a policy decision
▪ No policy decision can be made until the next meeting.
a rational decision/choice
▪ The patient was incapable of making a rational decision.
announce a decision/intention/plan
▪ The government has announced plans to create 10,000 new jobs.
applaud...decision
▪ I applaud the decision to install more security cameras.
arbitrary decision
▪ an arbitrary decision
challenge...decision
▪ They went to the High Court to challenge the decision.
collective decision
▪ a collective decision made by all board members
decision...final
▪ The judge’s decision is final.
deferred...decision
▪ The committee deferred their decision.
delayed...decision
▪ He delayed his decision on whether to call an election.
final decision/say/approval etc
▪ We can advise the client, but in the end it is he who has the final say.
▪ Is that your final answer?
go back on your word/promise/decision
▪ Delors claimed that the President had gone back on his word.
implement a policy/plan/decision etc
▪ We have decided to implement the committee’s recommendations in full.
influence a decision/outcome/choice etc
momentous decision
▪ a momentous decision
quick decision
▪ I had to make a quick decision.
rash decisions
▪ Don’t go making any rash decisions about your future!
ratify a treaty/an agreement/a decision etc
▪ We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty.
reach a decision
▪ I hope that they reach a decision soon.
reconsider...decision
▪ He should reconsider his decision to resign.
render a decision/opinion/judgment etc
▪ It is unlikely that the court will render an opinion before November 5.
reverse a decision/ruling
▪ The Supreme Court reversed the decision.
stick by a decision/promise etc
▪ He has stuck by his radical plans for economic reform.
stick to your decision/principles etc
▪ Miguel was determined to stick to his decision.
tactical move/decision/ploy
▪ a tactical decision to send in troops
ultimate decision
▪ The ultimate decision rests with the Public Health Service.
watershed decision/case etc
▪ a watershed case on pension rights
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
conscious
▪ In reality, of course, they are the result of a long chain of conscious decision making.
▪ I made a conscious decision to do more than persevere in the remaining years I have with my voice.
▪ Once you've made a conscious decision to move you become more aware.
▪ When you make a conscious decision, it is done in the summit of the brain.
▪ It was more than a conscious and detailed decision: it was like a force of nature.
▪ It has to be designed or thought out carefully so that conscious decisions can be made about it.
▪ This is the result of a conscious decision to segment their markets in this way. 14.
▪ Although it may appear otherwise, such behaviour requires no conscious decision making by the ant.
difficult
▪ Having heard differing views during a visit to the region on Friday, Lang said difficult decisions would need to be made.
▪ Now there's a handbook to help couples deal with making such difficult decisions.
▪ Laing pauses to collect his thoughts when considering what was perhaps the most difficult decision of his long career.
▪ Even the institutions that are trying to establish captive-breeding programmes face difficult decisions.
▪ There may be difficult decisions to take about which new services should be funded first and how best to run them.
▪ He comes from a musical family and might be faced with a difficult decision before he is much older.
▪ It had been a difficult decision, but she was sure it had been the right one.
▪ He said the difficult decision had been made in the interest of his public relations business.
final
▪ After a fabulous day in a London hotel with the six finalists, our prestigious panel of judges made their final decision.
▪ Monday, with the final decision in perhaps the final trial, maybe the spotlight would finally be off Brentwood.
▪ It is not the place of this House to take final decisions.
▪ A final decision will come this summer.
▪ A final decision whether to grant an entertainment licence will be taken in March.
▪ He added, though, that he would consult with doctors and his family before making a final decision.
▪ You can make suggestions, offer advice and give support but final decisions must be theirs.
▪ The final decision is next Wednesday.
hard
▪ He made the hard decision to abandon the Old World.
▪ They say it must have been such a hard decision.
▪ But it was a hard decision.
▪ This, too, was a hard decision because Gary Stevens merited prime consideration.
▪ In old age Ramsey looked back and knew that this was the hardest decision of his life.
▪ The officials who are retiring or were defeated had to make hard decisions after the flood.
▪ The hard decisions need to be taken early.
▪ But I didn't make any hard and fast decisions about giving up painting at all.
important
▪ Yet very little is known in any detail about how these important decisions are made.
▪ For those voters' sakes, important decisions like this one should be deferred.
▪ It was at this point that Duregar made an important decision.
▪ When managers entrust employees with important decisions, they signal their respect for those employees.
▪ This is an important decision clarifying the extent of the powers available for use as and when appropriate.
▪ His most important decision was to settle on a point of view for his work.
▪ Equally important was its decision to combine support for the war effort and for the Government with the most vigorous campaigning politics.
▪ These important decisions are made by the affective system.
key
▪ But corruption is only a partial explanation of some of the key strategic decisions taken by the governments.
▪ That means, as usual, the key decisions will be made in the September primary election.
▪ This should involve making all key decisions and even moving into your office during your absence.
▪ It is in such accidental and unplanned ways that key historical decisions are made.
▪ It is there that key decisions are made.
▪ He cited Liverpool's willingness to operate a 24-hour service as a key to the decision to switch to Merseyside.
▪ The Cabinet, chaired by the prime minister, is the key decision making body within the government.
major
▪ A major decision would have to be taken on whether to include financial reporting as well as auditing.
▪ Interactive telecommunications increasingly give ordinary citizens immediate access to the major political decisions that affect their lives and property.
▪ Control of all major decisions must be returned to the unions.
▪ Earlier in chapter 2 we saw the major decisions that the students in the Foxfire program are expected to make.
▪ Periods of this order should be allocated to the major problems and decisions, protected from disturbance.
▪ Everyone is involved in major decisions affecting the plant.
▪ These are not encouraging recommendations for expanding the role of public opinion in major decision making about affairs of state.
political
▪ This was his most vulnerable political decision.
▪ Difficult political decisions should not be left to the snap judgments and popular distemper of public opinion, Hamilton wrote.
▪ In terms of funding, there's going to have to be some political decision as to how we allocate those resources.
▪ I think it was a political decision in Moscow.
▪ In addition, public transport is much more subject to direct government policy and to the influence of political decisions.
▪ Once political decisions have been made, they become outputs of the political system.
▪ The procedures whereby political decisions are made in the United States surely have much to answer for.
▪ In lieu of a policy, most political decisions were dictated by military necessity.
right
▪ It was a fine bright day and he felt sure he had made the right decision.
▪ Now, in his senior year, Jeff feels staying was definitely the right decision.
▪ No, not so he had taken the right decision.
▪ It was pretty obvious he made the right decision.
▪ The no difference thesis is about what happens if authorities reach the right decision.
▪ Pete Wilson, who signed the helmet legislation, said earlier this year that he still believes he made the right decision.
▪ Setting them free Adults have the right to make decisions for themselves.
▪ Nina wondered for the hundredth time if she'd made the right decision giving up her place in Joe's home.
tough
▪ Tough decisions await the Government, not least over public spending. Tough decisions require a tough man at the top.
▪ These were my unofficial board of directors, the people I could reach out to when I had tough decisions to make.
▪ Is Gloucestershire County Council shirking tough education decisions, does it lack the courage of party convictions?
▪ Tapping into that courage demands more than intellectual commitment and tough decision making.
▪ It was a tough business decision but the right one.
▪ Cowher, 34 at the time, was picked in a tough decision.
▪ Deciding how much money each department will get calls for tough decisions.
wrong
▪ It was not necessarily the wrong decision.
▪ Secondly, central bankers, like other human beings, can take the wrong decisions.
▪ All the wrong decisions of Preston's life had come from feeling vulnerable.
▪ While training schoolchildren to deal with threatening situations, they found many were making the wrong decisions.
■ NOUN
court
▪ Indeed, for the majority of these propositions there is no authority in the sense of legislation or court decision.
▪ Recent Supreme Court decisions have put limits on the use of affirmative action to assure diversity in student bodies.
▪ This operates when a party is dissatisfied by any court decision, where first instance or on appeal.
▪ Not according to a 1989 federal appeals court decision.
▪ The meeting was adjourned to allow the government time to appeal against the Supreme Court decision.
▪ That led to a 1994 state court decision rejecting the project because of inadequate environmental protections.
▪ The Supreme Court decision, if it sticks, will be a severe setback to the commission's work.
▪ Most work at uninspiring tasks, pore over old court decisions and statute books, and draft memos for their higher-ups.
maker
▪ A central decision making process involving Inspectors and civilian decision makers was established and developed ....
▪ To make it the rule, we must change the incentives that drive decision makers.
▪ Your chance to make up your own mind about what key decision makers are saying by listening to them in full.
▪ The pressures on the decision makers might overwhelm their capacity to respond effectively.
▪ The approach used is an interactive one where the decision maker plays a positive part in the solution process itself.
▪ With such access, a manager can deal directly with a key decision maker or find out what is really happening.
▪ We can add to this the uncertain environment in which decision makers operate.
▪ In this view, decision makers lack the cognitive capacity and the comprehensive information that would enable them to calculate utilities rationally.
making
▪ Discuss the reasons why accrual accounting methods are not appropriate to future decision making.
▪ Cost effectiveness estimates should not be used in a mechanistic fashion; at best they provide a useful aid for decision making.
▪ This is bad for decision making and bad for democracy.
▪ S.U. was to be encouraged, eliminating chains of assessment and decision making which had lain within the purview of the superintendent.
▪ For these reasons such costs and revenues are not taken into account in decision making.
▪ The purpose of evaluation is to collect and analyse information that can be used for rational decision making.
▪ Despite these criticisms, recent approaches to decision making have sought to pursue the rational approach.
▪ This report offered a useful opportunity to discuss the extent to which the age factor might influence clinical decision making.
policy
▪ Tactical information Marketing mix item Type of research Product policy decision Qualitative research to generate ideas for new products.
▪ However, no policy decisions have been taken regarding the pricing of conferences.
▪ He raises the funds, participates in policy decisions and serves as cheerleader.
▪ There was pressure from other member states to take foreign policy decisions by majority voting.
▪ In fact, quite a few of its policy decisions have been unfortunate, and have got out of control.
▪ Unlike Members of Parliament, all councillors are formally responsible for policy decisions through attendance at full council or committee meetings.
▪ Most class analysts do not explain in detail how policy decisions are actually made.
■ VERB
announce
▪ The tribunal returns and the chairman announces their decision.
▪ It is expected to announce its decision this afternoon.
▪ The chant is certain to be sustained until the International Board announce their decision at their annual meeting in Auckland next April.
▪ It was due to announce its decision by mid-1992, prior to its summer recess.
▪ Osteen said he would not announce a decision for between five and 10 weeks.
▪ Jean Monnet announced his decision not to seek re-election as President of the High Authority.
▪ Evans said yesterday that he would announce a decision early next week.
based
▪ Draw a circle on it based on your decision as to how far you are prepared to travel to work each day.
▪ Hayes said he based his decision on several factors.
▪ CompuServe spokesman William Giles said that the CompuServe officials based their decisions entirely on the names of the newsgroups.
▪ He had based his whole decision on that assurance.
challenge
▪ So they went to the High Court to challenge the decision and have been given leave to seek a judicial review.
▪ Coaches would not challenge trivial decisions.
▪ The representatives of several cities and states immediately announced their intention to challenge Mosbacher's decision in court.
▪ Allstate has said regardless of whether the settlement is challenged, its decision to turn agents into independent contractors will remain intact.
▪ Several unsuccessful companies announced that they were considering challenging the commission's decisions in court.
▪ The local presbytery agreed, but 10 area churches challenged the decision.
▪ Attempts by parents to challenge case conference decisions through the courts have not met with much success.
delay
▪ Spending chiefs decided to delay their decision until then, although they did discuss more council spending as well as less.
▪ But what did matter was the effect of a delayed decision on his schedule.
▪ Justices should be reminded that they must not delay their decision.
▪ If Wieben Stock had believed otherwise, she could have delayed her decision until after the trial, attorneys pointed out.
▪ Preparing full opinions on every appeal would significantly delay the decision of all appeals.
▪ After all, the greatest disaster would be to delay the decision until we were too inert to do anything about it.
▪ She laughed, partly amused at his fascination with the woman and partly relieved at being able to delay her decision.
follow
▪ I promise the hon. Gentleman that jobs will follow from those decisions.
▪ It is only necessary to get the judges to consider the same information and follow the same decision rules.
▪ The news follows a decision by the Merseyside coroner, Roy Barter, to release his body formally to the family.
▪ He was my husband, and I knew I was supposed to follow his decisions.
▪ The novels which followed this decision are the fulfilment of Hardy's career as a novelist.
▪ The threatened public sector pay freeze follows Mr Major's decision to preserve capital spending projects to help Britain out of recession.
▪ Clearly, following the decision in Howell v. Coupland, the seller was excused his obligation to deliver 275 tons.
implement
▪ Secondly, research looked at the relationship between these councillors and the local government officers employed to implement their decisions.
▪ To motivate others to implement their decisions, they need strong leadership qualities.
▪ He is not looking for people who can make decisions for him, but people through whom he can implement his decisions.
▪ Modeled along Confucian lines, it consisted of six ministries that shaped policy, each paralleled by a department to implement decisions.
▪ In this interpretation, information specialists were functionaries who merely implemented the decisions of top management.
▪ When that happens they will tend to implement the decision without rancour or subversion.
▪ A particular personality type is said to be favoured: those with good listening skills who will implement party decisions without question.
▪ The burden of implementing papal decisions and the decisions of councils fell directly upon the bishops.
influence
▪ Two factors - besides Nilsson's growing illness - had influenced his decision to bring Ronnie back.
▪ As the schedule stands now, the next test will not take place until November, too late to influence a decision.
▪ This was confirmed in one of the survey questions, which identified 10 factors influencing decisions on where to place contracts.
▪ There the political system has several characteristics that particularly facilitate the mobilization of small groups of people to influence decisions.
▪ The gifts to the judge were one aspect of his knowledge of the case which would influence his decision.
▪ What are the factors that will influence your decision?
▪ Fair procedures With that in mind, how can you influence your employer's decision on your fate?
inform
▪ But some recent research about the effects on crime of gun ownership ought to play a part in informing society's decisions.
▪ This brochure empowers sufferers with knowledge to make informed decisions about their headache care.
▪ Her courtiers have all been informed of this decision and have acted accordingly.
▪ Remember the reason you gave me when you informed me of your decision?
▪ Their views should be sought regularly and systematically to inform decisions about what services should be provided.
▪ They can not make informed decisions based on serious print information.
▪ The research would inform planning and decision making over the use of legal aid in tribunals.
▪ Everyone should have enough information to make an informed decision.
make
▪ Very soon she would have to make the decision to leave.
▪ It was almost like I made the decision unconsciously.
▪ I don't know who it was made the decision, I was only a very junior Producer.
▪ California Attorney General Dan Lungren also will make antitrust decisions in several weeks regarding both merger proposals, the regulators said.
▪ I know of several other parents who have made the same decision.
▪ He makes the key editorial decisions including when a story is aired, its length and position in the program.
▪ If governors are to make good decisions on meeting special needs their approach must be equally systematic.
▪ But I consider it my job to give a family the opportunity to make a decision.
overturn
▪ The Court of Appeal overturned his decision.
▪ If he decides not to do so, any Republican successor would overturn that decision.
▪ The High Court has overturned decisions made by secretaries of state.
▪ They are part of a campaign to overturn the county's decision to spray on private property if needed.
▪ A federal judge had dismissed the action, and the appeals court overturned that decision.
▪ The House of Lords overturned the decision.
▪ Government lawyers had hoped to overturn a December 1999 decision by U.S.
reach
▪ Mr Norris said standards applied in reaching the decision were the same as those used for all other major transport infrastructure projects.
▪ He has since given several different versions of how he reached the decision.
▪ This at once enhances the contribution which the court or parents can make towards reaching the best possible decision in all the circumstances.
▪ She wasn't going to be able to reach any sensible decision while she was anywhere near this house.
▪ Then they appeared to reach a decision and walked back to the Land Rover.
▪ People divorced, left each other - grown men and women who reached the decision to part.
▪ The missed approach is commenced immediately on reaching decision height, if visual contact has not been made at this point.
reverse
▪ The Court of Appeal reversed this decision, but it was held that instructions were relevant in deciding fitness for purpose.
▪ The bill reversed this decision and returned the burden of proof concerning a business necessity to the employer.
▪ After a lower court ruled the signatures were valid, the Arizona Court of Appeals unanimously reversed that decision in February 1996.
▪ Two days before the hearing, she reversed her decision and asked for him back.
▪ Nolan J. dismissed the claim but the Court of Appeal, by a majority, reversed his decision.
▪ On appeal by the commissioner the judge reversed that decision.
▪ They accordingly reversed the judge's decision to quash and restored the decisions of the appeal committee in both cases.
take
▪ But of course managers manage; they take decisions and control factors of production.
▪ Commercial journals, particularly the weeklies and monthlies, can take rapid decisions, and have a faster turn-round time.
▪ The appeal ought to be dealt with by some one who was not directly involved in taking the original decision.
▪ He took the decision soon after he had been elected Speaker in 1983.
▪ General will should ensure the equality and liberty necessary for active citizenship -; taking collective decisions.
▪ In doing so they would deny Mr Ashdown the opportunity to take his painful decision.
▪ They should not be taking decisions about how money should be spent.
▪ 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
▪ He arrived at a decision, threw the cigarette away, and turned towards a small depressing row of agricultural cottages.
▪ He finally arrived at a compromise with her, which was that he could have three independent, non-civil servant, advisers.
▪ However, the parties involved were prepared to have their heads hit together to arrive at a solution.
▪ In such a case, some form of conflict resolution must be adopted to arrive at a solution.
▪ My colleagues and I, after much consideration have arrived at a decision.
▪ Now, she thought, now we shall get things done, sort things out, arrive at a solution.
▪ They spent time arriving at a decision on the correct software.
▪ Using committees internally to overcome restrictions on information and thereby arrive at a decision.
come to a decision/conclusion/agreement etc
▪ Conclusion With so many unanswered questions, it is an unwise man who comes to a conclusion.
▪ He has not yet come to a conclusion on that.
▪ He paused at a street corner and tried to come to a decision.
▪ In the restaurant he realized that he had come to a decision about things.
▪ Léonie stared at the two shops and came to a decision.
▪ She and o Pappous came to a decision.
▪ The Post Office says it hopes the two sides can come to an agreement at a branch meeting this evening.
▪ We had tea afterwards in a hotel in Berthing, but we failed to come to an agreement.
conscious effort/decision/attempt etc
▪ Accepting our human limitations in these high-pressure times, though, takes conscious effort.
▪ And each time the child has to make a new conscious effort like that, there is an opportunity to lose concentration.
▪ I made a conscious decision to do more than persevere in the remaining years I have with my voice.
▪ In both examples, a conscious attempt has been made-to segment the market. 11.
▪ It's a conscious decision and I think it's important that men understand a woman who is offering an alternative lifestyle.
▪ Just lately I have made a conscious effort to really look at the book.
▪ Other subjects - like calculus or computing - can not be learned without some conscious effort.
▪ 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
▪ Just a few months earlier, the Supreme Court had handed down a decision inviting states to pass abortion restrictions.
▪ She is expected soon to hand down a ruling.
▪ The commission will seek to arbitrate a resolution before handing down a decision in late summer.
informed decision/choice/judgment etc
▪ And now supermarkets throughout the country are helping the shopper to make more informed choices.
▪ As with a question of fact, the more informed judgement could be the mistaken one.
▪ Information is vital Good information is essential if people are to make informed choices about services.
▪ Micky Burns from the players' union advises and assists on the options to help them make informed choices about their futures.
▪ The view is that a consent is not valid unless the patient has enough information to make an informed choice.
▪ They provide young people with career exploration and counseling so they can make more informed decisions about their academic and occupational goals.
▪ This brochure empowers sufferers with knowledge to make informed decisions about their headache care.
▪ Who, we also want students to make well, informed decisions and that there are particular places like the 0.
majority vote/decision/verdict etc
▪ And I suppose the way to change the damned constitution is with a majority vote.
▪ It took the jury almost five hours to reach a majority verdict and acquit her on all three charges.
▪ Stopping the White House from selling weapons to a foreign country requires a majority vote in both houses of Congress.
▪ Supposing Yorkshire or Cornwall decided by a majority vote to secede from Britain and elect their own government.
▪ The majority decision said the cabinet must now report to the legislature on its plan to scrap the plant.
▪ The reason for this is that government output is determined on the basis of a simple majority vote model.
▪ Then there is the problem of qualified majority voting on foreign policy issues.
▪ With a pure majority vote, this would presumably be enacted.
overturn a decision/verdict etc
▪ The High Court has overturned decisions made by secretaries of state.
snap judgment/decision
▪ As I begin to uncover a whole new world myself, I see the folly of that snap judgment.
▪ Consultation and investigation Having your say Employers should avoid making snap decisions in cases of sickness absence.
▪ I just made a snap decision that this was where I wanted to be.
▪ I will not make a snap decision, Lieutenant.
▪ If the failure occurs higher on the launch, again a snap decision can be fatal.
▪ Maxim was about to explain when the lieutenant obviously came to a snap judgment on his military value and slammed out again.
▪ So his leave-taking is no snap decision.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ As chief executive, I often have to take difficult decisions.
▪ It's a big decision. Go home and discuss it with your wife.
▪ My decision to leave school when I was only 15 was the worst mistake I ever made.
▪ The board is expected to make a decision on the merger by August.
▪ The burden of decision rests with the Supreme Court.
▪ The judges' decision is final.
▪ They're going to close the school, but I think that's the wrong decision.
▪ This job requires the ability to act with speed and decision.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But I consider it my job to give a family the opportunity to make a decision.
▪ If persons beyond the subject of the decision are included, then specificity becomes impossible.
▪ If so, an immense difference would arise in decisions on right and wrong between Bentham and Mill.
▪ Indeed, the real test will come this spring, in a series of key decisions by the Texas Public Utility Commission.
▪ Just make the best decision you possibly can in the light of the information contained in Chapter 4.
▪ Leicester Building Society has said it is considering options but has made no decision.
▪ Neither does it inform complex and stressful child care decisions.