The phrase "about to decree" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone is on the verge of making an official announcement or decision.
Example: "The council is about to decree new regulations regarding public safety."
Alternatives: "about to announce" or "on the verge of declaring".
That is entirely understandable if your partner has plunged into a probable disaster and the fates have decreed that you are about to play the hand in his long suit when you have a void.
Under the circumstances, is it any wonder people would believe a rumor such as Brussels' being about to issue a decree on the size of condoms?
During his confirmation hearings for US attorney general this week, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions expressed skepticism about using consent decrees to force change in police departments.
It was rumoured recently that the government was about to pass a law decreeing that every town and village in Britain, no matter how small, must host its own literary festival.
But when he learned more about the criteria, gratitude turned to gloom about limiting the decree to Sephardic Jews while excluding bnei anousim.
It is compared to colorfast wool: through thick and thin the guardians must be dyed-in-the-wool adherents to the laws' decrees about what is to be feared.
President Mubarak himself, the only one who currently has the authority to decide on his succession, has not made any public statements addressing the recent arrests or the speculation about a decree to dissolve Parliament.
It's about the rules, they decree, and it's about protecting investors, I respond.
With its whimsical line drawings and gee-whiz marginalia (heard the one about the ordinance decreeing that feces be removed from hallways at Versailles at least once a week?), "The Dirt on Clean" is an amusing if somewhat haphazard primer.
Misunderstandings persist about what Trent decreed on certain issues controversial even today.
