Sentence examples for decide less from inspiring English sources

The voters now get to decide less and less (in the cases of Greece and Italy, technocratic prime ministers were briefly installed, rather than elected).

The Court's implication, ante, at 10, that where electronic privacy is concerned we should decide less than we otherwise would (that is, less than the principle of law necessary to resolve the case and guide private action)—or that we should hedge our bets by concocting case-specific standards or issuing opaque opinions is in my view indefensible.

However, that generosity can be a two-edged sword if those same governments decide less-than-perfect embryos don't warrant funding due to the financial drain they may become on society.

Although decided less than one year ago, National League of Cities v. Usery has come to symbolize the Burger Court's concern for the rights of states in the federal system.

The other possibility is that next year's election is decided less by presidential style and more by old-fashioned, state-level deals between parties on fielding candidates.

The White House and defense planners decided less than three weeks ago that it could be useful to include former international arms inspectors on the military teams.

The Toronto Raptors have decided, less than two months into the season, to get rid of high priced players, but this could actually improve their team's record as easily as it could hurt it.

Can we answer such questions in terms of the "fit" of a proposed boundary with the other beliefs and practices associated with the concept, or are such questions decided less self-consciously by gradual shifts in our beliefs and practices?

But if history repeats itself, the smartphone wars will be decided less by short-term profits and app figures, and more by who will control the smartphone world in five, 10 and 15 years.

But that is what the Department is doing now: revisiting an issue it decided less than 15 months ago, and decided correctly, after listening carefully to all stakeholders.

The Bush administration decided, less than a month after it toppled the Saddam Hussein regime, that it would disband Hussein's army.