Sentence examples for been the decisive factor from inspiring English sources

And that may even have been the decisive factor.

In her letter May said that international relations had not been the decisive factor in her ruling, citing also the cost of an inquiry.

Hurt and insulted, he instead chose Yale — even though he realized that his race might have been the decisive factor in his acceptance there as well.

He also saw the Nazi threat far ahead of the complacent British establishment, and his extraordinary leadership may have been the decisive factor in vanquishing Hitlerism from Europe.

The stirring battle between George and James has been competitive, but if that matchup had been the decisive factor, the Heat would have won both games comfortably.

The pistols began to arrive too late to affect the outcome, but Colt -- who had initially opposed the conflict as an imperialist adventure -- subsequently claimed, in shameless advertising, that his revolvers had been the decisive factor.

The status of the Dominicans at the cutting edge of religious reform, together with Clement's background, may have been the decisive factors.

Mr. Daley's influence was the decisive factor in the city's decision to contribute $18.8 million to the cost of building the new complex.

"The Internet is the decisive factor there.

Its environmental benefits were the decisive factor.

"Our vote could be the decisive factor in determining elections".