Sentence examples for decisively on the from inspiring English sources

This might have been perfectly alright had the Gulf Cooperation Council been prepared to be decisive over the issue of Syria the way it has acted decisively on the issues of Libya and Yemen.

He would act swiftly and decisively on the economy.

Move forward decisively on the path toward "federalization" of economic and fiscal policies.

The opposition Congress party, he said, might be "too scared" to move decisively on the issue.

"The risk-reward relationship is decisively on the side of reward," Mr. Zempel said.

But "Porgy and Bess" came down decisively on the side of art.

Ms. Nichols said that given the inability of the international bureaucracy or the United States Congress to move decisively on global warming, the job would increasingly fall to the states and local governments.

Those who want to preserve the monarchy's ability to adapt to modern Britain should realise that only by embracing long-overdue reform and allowing a new grown-up debate with Her Majesty's disloyal opposition will they regain legitimacy and respect - and finally move the debate decisively on from "what the butler saw".

In 2008, in a bid to restore the country's tarnished reputation, the previous Labour government began drafting a new law intended to clamp down decisively on backhanders.Both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, now allies in the coalition government, backed the bill in opposition; it duly became law with cross-party support last year.

At the Battle of Wau in January 1943, Blamey won the battle by acting decisively on intelligence, shifting the 17th Infantry Brigade from Milne Bay in time to defeat the Japanese attack.

What is remarkable about this is that Party leaders were able to act so promptly and so decisively on multiple fronts: the comprehensive security lockdown, the timely (if terse) official news reports, the Internet and communications controls, the deft handling of foreign media.