Sentence examples for the decisive phase from inspiring English sources
In 462, together with the young Pericles, the Athenian statesman Ephialtes pushed through the decisive phase of the reforms, namely an assault on the powers of the Areopagus.
France's humdrum campaign for president moved into the decisive phase tonight, circling around the personalities of Jacques Chirac, the incumbent conservative president; Lionel Jospin, the Socialist prime minister; and a gaggle of lesser candidates.
It was one of the premier combat commands in the Marines; he flew in and out of Iraq, helping to oversee what became the decisive phase of the war.
After being subjected to two weeks of relentless bombing that has destroyed many of the power centers of President Saddam Hussein's government, the Iraqi capital found itself today deep into the ground battle that promises to be the decisive phase of America's war to topple the Iraqi leader.
But the decisive phase of the summer Koshien lasts only two weeks, not three, and for all the passion, the national broadcaster NHK probably did not have to pay anything remotely close to the nearly $11 billion that the U.S. broadcasters CBS and Turner Sports agreed to pay last year for 14 years of television rights to the N.C.A.A. tournament.
Rough approximations indicate the advantages of thermal-swing or displacing-agent desorption and demonstrate that the desorption step is the decisive phase in modelling adsorber performance.
But anybody writing the history of the 20th century in Britain will regard Thatcher as one of the dominant political personalities, and her era as one of the decisive phases in our history.
CAPE TOWN — Though simply saying "The Dutch" will bring a smile to the lips of many a lifelong soccer fan, the reality is that the Dutch have made a national rule of faltering in the decisive phases of the World Cup.
But by the time the race reached its supposedly decisive phase, the Alps, both had headed home, leaving Wiggins's team-mate Rigoberto Urán and the dogged Cadel Evans to challenge the peerless Nibali Best team-mate: Tanel Kangert Team Sky might have started the race with the best lineup, but Astana could point to Nibali's supporting cast.
The second and decisive phase, Fall Rot (Case Red), of the Battle of France began on 5 June.
This is one of the most decisive phases in the entire malaria transmission cycle; the vast majority of parasites are lost during this process, mostly due to robust immune reactions mounted by the mosquito host, and indeed only few parasites survive to continue the transmission cycle.
