Sentence examples for almost decided by from inspiring English sources

He explained that it was a "very, very tough decision," and detailed several reasons for his choice: "I thought that the Western division and the Eastern division were almost decided by mid-August," he said.

Carlin almost decided to abandon the journey and liquidate Half-Safe, but was convinced by his wife to continue.

They'd seen something relatively rare in basketball: a game in which the outcome was almost entirely decided by the performance of a single player.

English clubs were generally embarrassed in Europe by smarter and slicker opponents and almost everything was decided by the last weekend.

They said it would almost certainly be decided by secret ransom negotiations with the rebel group by Philippine go-betweens.

Whatever the result, the issue will almost certainly be decided by the US Supreme Court, perhaps by 2012, according to legal experts.

His conclusion is: "Moyes's fate will almost certainly be decided by his ability, or lack of it, within the transfer market.

But as soon as Holland obliterated Norway 9-0 in their first game, it became apparent that the Dutch would have the edge in goal difference and that qualification would almost certainly be decided by the matches between Belgium and Holland.

Both cases are almost certain to be decided by the Supreme Court.

In the Swiss version of democracy, almost every public issue is decided by referendum.

The term was as contentious as it was consequential, with almost 30 percent of the cases decided by five-justice majorities, compared with an average of 22 percent in recent years.