Sentence examples for decide on matters from inspiring English sources

"A court cannot decide on matters not belonging to it", he said.

If you don't believe we have the authority to decide on matters like this, I have to ask: why did you stand for synod?

I do not believe that only the informed and intelligent should be allowed to debate and decide on matters of import.

Now Mr. Hollande has "demonstrated that he can decide on matters of war and peace, which in the French system, as in the U.S., is very important," Mr. Heisbourg said.

In the meantime, Brazil's energy minister, Edson Lobão, has tried to assuage concerns over the expropriation, saying this week in the capital, Brasília, that every country is "sovereign" in their capacity to decide on matters "as they see fit".

The parliamentary leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc, Peter Altmaier, said the decision meant that the entire Bundestag must decide on matters relating to the rescue fund, Reuters reported.

Rabbis have granted religious divorces, decided on matters relating to kosher dietary laws and arbitrated business disputes.

The council decides on matters related to tax collection, collective tasks, religious festivals, relations with central authorities, and other community concerns.

The Government's plan to stop Scottish MPs' votes from deciding on matters that only affect England will probably face legal challenge, an influential SNP MP has said.

Because, in a way, I'm politically outside of the national community... When it comes to deciding on matters of taxation, you know, I'm not there; I don't pay my taxes there.

When it comes to his views on the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict, he is a right-wing extremist, who is convinced that Israel is governed by a corrupt, unpatriotic, and illegitimate government.... Billionaires with a political agenda spell trouble in any kind of media outlet, but in Israel — where the political system decides on matters of existential importance — all the more so".