Sentence examples for proved a decisive from inspiring English sources

Solid defense also proved a decisive advantage for Tech (23-3, 13-1).

Boehner's decision to call a halt to a Tea Party-inspired strategy that was proving deeply unpopular in opinion polls proved a decisive turning point.

That could have proved a decisive moment but ultimately the visitors deserved their victory, one decorated by two late close-range goals from the substitute Nolito.

Perhaps they will want to reassess their relationship with Lady Luck after the controversial dismissal of Sunderland defender Wes Brown proved a decisive moment in Stoke's first Premier League win since 31 August.

And private-equity managers in particular are too keen on short-term profits at the expense of long-term investment and employment.On the last point, academic studies have not proved a decisive case either way.

Margaret Thatcher's repeated veto of Dublin's proposals proved a decisive force in shaping the Anglo-Irish agreement in 1985, newly released files from the National Archives in Kew show.

However, despite some more positive noises on the political front, Congressional approval for a budget deal by December 13 could still prove a decisive factor in the Fed's decision on the timing of the taper.

For the leading group the beam would prove a decisive moment.

Investors, in other words, may be proving a decisive voting group.And this election may be only the start.

They underline a growing sense of Sunni disempowerment that may prove a decisive legacy of Hezbollah's brisk victory.

But it was Spain, McFeely contends, that "held the key to Eakins' greatest paintings," with Velázquez proving a decisive influence.