Sentence examples for if decisive from inspiring English sources

Ideological differences need to take a back seat if decisive action is to be taken.

"If decisive action isn't taken soon in these situations, they become intractable," he said.

The court's muddled, if decisive, ruling on Tuesday night gave Mr. Bush his long-sought victory, yet denied him clear, unclouded title to the Oval Office.

Senator John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudolph W. Giuliani are training their advertisements almost exclusively on Florida Republicans, who vote next Tuesday and whose choice, if decisive, could give one candidate in particular momentum heading into Super Tuesday.

The courts need to rely more on work done by local authorities and to accept that a child's future can be changed for the better if decisive action is taken from the start.

The president's call is yet another indication that a sense of crisis is germinating, fueled by a growing awareness that if decisive steps are not taken, before long the possession of nuclear weapons will not be limited to a few privileged countries.

Ultimately, a long-awaited day was rewarding if not decisive.

Retailers that are scaling back say that trade concessions would be welcome relief, if not decisive.

In her career as an educator, Ms. Watterson had been nothing if not decisive.

Zola's intervention on the pro-Dreyfus side was sensational, if not decisive.

But if offered decisive leadership markedly absent for several years they may yet prove more constant.Mr Abe promises to put his energies into fixing the economy.