Sentence examples for could have decided on from inspiring English sources

Goodell has the power to shape the schedule and could have decided on a winner any way he wanted, including simply deciding he preferred one team over another.

No Soviet official after Stalin could have decided on his own to become the supreme ruler of the country, as Putin has now done.

The European Commission could have decided on Wednesday to discontinue the reports, which are seen as a stigma in Bucharest and Sofia, but opted instead to continue the monitoring.

"It's difficult to say whether I would be Heidi today or not but I could have decided on my own.

It isn't clear if the trading plan was binding (i.e. if Thiel could have decided on Thursday to cancel the trade), but I've reached out for comment and I'll keep you posted.

We could have decided on any other day--and they are legion --commemorating the Jewish martyrdom across the ages.

Or the bank could have decided to hold on to the position after making the trade for the client, thereby putting its own money at risk.

He could have decided to put Peyer on probation because it was his first offense, or he could have sentenced him to the only prison term prescribed by law.

Clinton could have decided to press ahead.

"The Iranians could have decided to behead us.

Because the pre-Revolutionary transactions had taken place after the Royal Proclamation of 1763, Marshall could have decided the case simply by reliance on the proclamation; instead, he based his ruling on custom, looking equally to the law of nations of all colonial powers, not just the British.