The phrase "decision is passed" is not correct in standard English; it should be "decision has been passed" or "decision is made." You can use it when referring to a decision that has been formally approved or finalized.
Example: "The committee's decision has been passed unanimously."
Alternatives: "decision has been made" or "decision has been approved."
Negotiations with China never took place and this decision was passed during the Sino-Japanese War.
The decision was passed only because of cross-party agreement between the Tories and Greens.
But when the decision was passed up to the secretary of state, Maria Miller, and then to No10 for approval, it is believed that Bitel was preferred, with his commercial acumen given as the reason.
The tribunal's decision was passed as thousands of people gathered in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica for the burial of more than 400 newly-identified victims of the 1995 massacre.
Three hundred and seventy seven people have been sent to Nauru and over 200 to Manus after the decision was passed last year.
On her website, she notes the significance of the decision being passed down in the same state where she was so heartily rejected, calling it "particularly sweet".
After the landmark Supreme court Obergetell vs. Hodges decision was passed, allowing for the legalization of gay marriage, I saw a piece from a religious leader, outraged the White House had illuminated itself with a rainbow to celebrate.
Two years later, the Paragraph 6 Decision was passed, which allows countries with manufacturing capacity to produce and export generic versions of patented medicines under compulsory license to countries without sufficient pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity.
Judicial decisions were passed favoring foreigners but never enforced.
In comparison, high risk tactics were associated with irresponsible compromises, i.e. decisions being passed on to others or to later phases of the design process.
