Sentence examples for decisive early on from inspiring English sources

In America, for instance, a magnificent endowment of raw materials was decisive early on.

London Welsh head coach Justin Burnell: "In crucial areas we made some mistakes early on and then all of a sudden it gets to a decisive moment and we have a crucial lapse in concentration.

June 2009 In a speech to the Royal United Services Institute, Dannatt said one of the key lessons from the conflict was the need to achieve a "decisive effect" early on.

Decisive action early on saves money and unnecessary upset for local residents.

Brown Ideye headed the decisive goal early on but the hosts could have had more in a dominant display that lifts them 11 points clear of the drop zone.

LONDON — After one of the most passionately contested elections in decades, the Conservative Party was headed toward big, though not necessarily decisive, gains in Britain early on Friday.

Early on, I was not decisive enough and I was not clear in my instructions.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's hopes of a decisive victory in the Iowa caucuses were shattered early on Wednesday, when Christian fundamentalist Rick Santorum ran him a close second to provide the tightest finish in the party's history.

Adelson had initially backed Gingrich, an old friend who shared his hawkish views on the Middle East and other issues, and the casino baron early on suggested that Romney was not as decisive in his views as the Georgian.

She has huge credibility and she played a decisive role in helping make the public case for reform and she was early on this, way ahead of everybody else.

First-mover advantage can offer a decisive advantage over competitors — and accelerate a company's ability to become the global category leader early on.