Sentence examples for became the decisive from inspiring English sources

Robert and Ludwig Nobel were involved in the oil business in Azerbaijan and, according to Swedish historian E. Bargengren, who accessed the Nobel family archives, it was this "decision to allow withdrawal of Alfred's money from Baku that became the decisive factor that enabled the Nobel Prizes to be established".

Very quickly and unexpectedly, abortion and contraceptive rights became the decisive factor in the filibuster fight.

It was Schinkel who became the decisive influence on Mies's search for an architecture of Gesamtkultur.

This neglected building, most of which Sam and Perlin plan to tear down, became the decisive battleground for the family.

McCain had hoped that South Carolina's large veteran population would help him win there; but the Christian Coalition, deeply entrenched in the state, became the decisive constituency.

Senator Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland who retires next year, became the decisive thirty-fourth voice in the Senate on Wednesday.

Rail side wear has become the decisive factor of replacing of heavy-haul curved rail.

American shale oil has become the decisive new factor in the world oil market in a way that could not have been imagined five years ago.

By that year, though, a decline in the economy in the late 1980's and early 1990's had become the decisive factor for many voters.

Shizuka Kamei, a blunt former police official who is running largely to become the decisive factor in a runoff election, won three votes, from his prefecture in Hiroshima.

Working women with children — often called Wal-Mart moms and hockey moms these days — could become the decisive swing vote in November, Mrs. Obama noted.