Sentence examples for lead to a decisive from inspiring English sources

After the setbacks in New Jersey, Howe in mid-January 1777 proposed operations against Philadelphia that included an overland expedition and a sea-based attack, thinking this might lead to a decisive victory over the Continental Army.

The evidence amassed did not lead to a decisive answer because much depended upon subjective opinions rather than upon hypotheses and experiments.

From the differences in PPDs, it is clear that measuring beyond the region where data is available would lead to a decisive choice against model 1 as corroborated by the large Bayes factor updates shown in the left plot on the middle row (B13).

That ultimately led to a decisive rift within the Taliban leadership, he said.

U.S. naval plans included provisions for an attack on the Spanish Navy in the event of war, and led to a decisive victory against the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in May , 1898

In the Red Storm's last game, it was a defensive lapse that led to a decisive dunk by Georgetown's Courtland Freeman with five-tenths of a second left.

A focus on embodied self-experience inevitably leads to a decisive widening of the discussion.

His rejection of a shot by a driving Nigel Wiledams-Goss led to a decisive fastbreak dunk by Justin Jackson with 12 seconds left.

They led to a decisive defeat of a harmful 20-week abortion ban in Albuquerque -- which marked the first time a city asked to approve this type of ban.

The Swiss advance initially made headway; however, Francis's superiority in cavalry and artillery, together with the timely arrival of Alviano (who had successfully avoided Cardona's army at Verona) on the morning of 14 September, led to a strategically decisive victory for Francis and the Venetians.

Decisive "no" to bailout could lead to a rupture with Europe and endanger key funding.