The phrase "a decided emphasis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a strong or clear focus on a particular point or idea.
Example: "In her speech, she placed a decided emphasis on the importance of education for all children."
Alternatives: "a strong emphasis" or "a clear emphasis".
Instead, the emphasis in this administration has been on wars about oil and on tax cuts for the rich, an emphasis decided upon by those who can well afford to buy a good education for their offspring.
They're approaching 1,300 people now, and the philosophy of the company has been that we should let the sales team and senior sales management decide the emphasis for which products we should be pushing and promoting.
Suddenly, perhaps in a flashback to his playing days, Coach Mike Dunleavy decided to add emphasis to his team's 103-93 victoverover the Los Angeles Lakers.
In realization that not all children could adequately be served by the formal education system and that Tanzania could not therefore achieve universal primary education as anticipated, the Government decided to put emphasis on alternative learning as a complement to basic education.
The National Institutes of Health, which has not decided on its emphasis, appears to be aiming for basic research, based on the recommendations from a working committee advising the agency.
In the PICNIC speech, Eben had talked only about their insulating material, Greensulate, but after production of those large panels had to be delayed they decided to shift emphasis temporarily to their packaging product, because its pieces are smaller and easier to make.
The first version, with work by 10 artists, was unveiled in December 2010, but within a few weeks the two partners decided to shift the emphasis to renting rather than selling.
Rapping a heavy police flashlight on the jury box for emphasis, a prosecutor said today that a white policeman decided "again and again" to use his flashlight to beat a black motorist.
"We decided to put our emphasis on resorts where there are families," said a spokeswoman, K. C. Kavanagh.
