Sentence examples for proved decisive on from inspiring English sources

In a small state, where fewer than 10% of the 1.8m registered voters turned out to show their preferences on the usual freezing winter's night, the established power of party organisations and unions proved decisive on the Democratic side.

What was it that prompted President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Southern Democrat and consummate pragmatist, to pursue what Partridge calls the "backstage alliance" with Dr. King that ultimately proved decisive on behalf of the marchers' cause?

Patel's excellent figures proved decisive on a slow Edgbaston pitch and Chopra, leading the side in the absence of Jim Troughton, hailed his bowlers for their performance in the difficult bowling conditions.

Osborne remains hopeful that the government's commanding opinion poll lead for economic competence will still prove decisive on election day.

Here is a quick look at some of the potential matchups that could prove decisive on Friday: Karim Benzema vs. Oguchi Onyewu and/or Michael Orozco Fiscal With six goals in nine La Liga matches so far this season, Karim Benzema is one of the biggest stars on a Real Madrid squad filled with them.

After being criticised for being too slow and sparing over the past two years, air support is proving decisive on the battlefields of Iraq, where the swath of the country held by Isis has dropped from more than 30% in late 2014 to an estimated 12% now.

The lure of winning road race gold at the finishing line on The Mall proved decisive for Armitstead.

These problems proved decisive for Thompson.

That day, a penalty proved decisive for the Jets.

But Crabtree's late effort proved decisive for the visitors.

The kick proved decisive as Pinckney held on for a 9-7 victory against a Grand Blanc team that had come into the game ranked seventh in the state in its division.