Sentence examples for approaching the decisive from inspiring English sources

A lot has happened since then but I can assure you we are approaching the decisive final Test with the same air of confidence.

In her day job, Gillibrand was approaching the decisive moment of the most intense legislative battle of her career: her attempt to end sexual assault in the military.

Instead of being decisive, I've been approaching the whole thing as if shuffling towards an unpinned grenade.

Addressing the House of Commons, Cameron said the EU was approaching a decisive moment in its relations with Russia, triggered not only by mounting evidence that the Boeing 777 airliner was shot down by rebels in east Ukraine using a Russian-supplied missile, but also by Moscow's broader support for the separatist insurgency.

We may rapidly be approaching a decisive moment for the eurozone; previous bailouts were of smaller countries that were of manageable size.

Fifty-five yeafterfthe the last gun fell silent, a national monument to those who fought in World War II is approaching a decisive point.

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, acknowledged the seriousness of the summit talks as she admitted in the early hours of Friday morning that Saturday's meeting is "approaching decisive importance," due to the consequences of Greece missing its deadline on 30 June to repay €1.5bn to the IMF, the Financial Times reported.

As part of a vigorous defense of her policies in the House of Commons debate on Mr. Kinnock's no-confidence motion this afternoon, Mrs. Thatcher warned that the time was "fast approaching" for "more decisive action" against Iraq.

This is the river that Yermak, the almost mythical conqueror of Siberia, travelled as he approached his decisive battle with the Khan of Sibir.

Among them were Kenneth Tynan, and directors Jonathan Miller and Michael Blakemore, but it was Peter Hall, then at the Royal Opera House, who received the decisive approach.

Another example: there are three proposals regarding the electoral law, all deemed equal -- so much for the decisive approach".