decisive vote

collocation in English

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decisive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/us
/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/
able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing ...
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vote
noun
uk
/vəʊt/us
/voʊt/
the act of showing your choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing an X on an official piece of paper or putting your ...
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(Definition ofdecisiveandvotefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This may seem to call into question the very concept of adecisivevote.
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They find that the probability of adecisivevoteis approximately proportional to 1/n.
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Figure 2 displays the resulting estimates of probabilities ofdecisivevote, for the presidential elections between 1948 and 1992.
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We had hoped that the shop floor, by itsdecisivevote, had protected itself.
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I hope that there will be a clear-cut,decisivevote.
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Was there ever a moredecisivevotegiven in constituencies where this issue was raised?
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That can come only if there is adecisivevoteone way or the other.
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It has been rejected—this is the reason for the debate—by adecisivevotein another place.
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It may there for be that a small body of men numbering forty might have adecisivevotein coming to a decision.
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In no way was it adecisivevote, and neither could it have been in the circumstances.
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That was a mostdecisivevote.
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The outcome of the debate in another place was a very clear anddecisivevotein favour of legislation to implement the inquiry's recommendation.
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Under such circumstances, it seems entirely reasonable that the school would wish to rerun the ballot in order to obtain adecisivevoteand resolve the issue.
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My noble friend campaigned vigorously for a referendum, and the people of this country gave adecisivevotewhen that referendum took place.
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Thedecisivevoteon the second question in the referendum surprised many people—including some of the most enthusiastic supporters of devolution.
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I am confident, however, that there will be adecisivevote, because we are doing everything that we can to ensure a high turnout—postal voting is part of that.
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The final point is, that it was said that on one special occasion these two representatives exercised adecisivevotein choosing the lord provost for the city.
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What is different about a vote for a mayor—or a president—is that it is adecisivevote.
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Britain held adecisivevoteat the meeting, which it used to support the project and to recommend the loan of more money.
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