Sentence examples for basically decided from inspiring English sources

By the sixth, the game was basically decided.

"The way it was before, 12 people basically decided who the candidate was.

Anish had basically decided not to trade anything in his battered personal portfolio, heavy in technology.

"The White House basically decided this was a TV thing," one official said.

"When I thought about whether it was worth the extra money for the view, I basically decided it was".

We're very frustrated and discouraged and we basically decided to invest our money in home equity for the time being.

And then Mark Stein basically decides to use him for a piggyback.

We've just had this man sitting in New York — he's not even a British subject — basically deciding what happens in this country".

"By not being here, they're basically deciding to let things go through the body unchecked," said Scott Fitzgerald, the Senate majority leader.

If you can be pessimistic, you are basically deciding that there's no hope for a whole group of people who can't afford to think that way".

It's from an essay written in 1968 called "Jane Austen and Philby," in which Highsmith considers the question of religion, and basically decides that the main problem with it is that it requires you to be a "joiner".