recent decision

collocation in English

meaningsofrecentanddecision

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recent
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.sənt/us
/ˈriː.sənt/
happening or starting from a short ...
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decision
noun
uk
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofrecentanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such considerations have contributed to our ownrecentdecisionto withdraw from active research.
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He wants to know where both are going and whether therecentdecisionhas the potential to change society by restricting governmental sponsorship of one particular religious activity.
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We welcome theirrecentdecisionto implement the 1989 devolution plans in full, to allow the three hill tract councils greater autonomy.
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Therecentdecisionby two of the companies to withdraw from the experiment will, of course, be a factor for consideration.
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This policy is in no way affected by therecentdecisionto take in as recruits married men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eight.
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And when you consider therecentdecisionto start recruiting boys from the age of eighteen this becomes a much more urgent and pressing matter.
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Therecentdecisionto cut back on expenditure on nursery schools means that women and children will be still further disadvantaged.
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I pay tribute to therecentdecisionto give additional benefits to disabled students.
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There has been norecentdecisionof the council to the effect that it wants to be taken out of 12(f).
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There has been norecentdecisionin the terms referred to.
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I do not know of anyrecentdecisionon this subject.
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It has been estimated that the number of persons affected by therecentdecisionmay be of the order of 400.
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I have noted with satisfaction therecentdecisionin principle by the construction industry to reduce the period of apprenticeship in the industry.
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Myrecentdecisionto abolish quotas on student intakes will encourage the school to increase student numbers and generate more income.
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It is not one of the small matters which have cropped up owing to arecentdecisionof the courts.
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The board will undoubtedly be reconsidering those guidelines in view of what the tribunal of commissioners said in itsrecentdecision.
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I was of course delighted with therecentdecisionnot to amalgamate four infantry regiments.
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We have had the limited list controversy, the privatisation of ancillary services and therecentdecisionon the pay review boards.
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His arbitrary andrecentdecisionhas led to that.
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We endorse therecentdecisionto extend the programme's scope; for example, to look at the regional implications of biodiversity and climate change.
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