Sentence examples for until the decisive from inspiring English sources

The Sri Lankan civil war lasted for a quarter of a century, until the decisive defeat of the Tamil Tigers in 2009.

Only one of them gets a name, Grete (rhymes with beta), but even she is usually referred to only as "sister" throughout, until the decisive moment near the end when she becomes instead a "daughter".

But this show mainly demonstrates the decisive — until it was divisive — role of doctrinaire organizations.

Meanwhile, the Duke of Wellington, who actually ended up winning the Napoleonic wars, is, as Bell admits, about as eighteenth-century a figure as you can hope to find; he believed in avoiding battle until the final, decisive moment, and winning with professional soldiers and a motivated officer class.

Ellis then had a drop-goal attempt charged down but succeeded with a second attempt 10 minutes from the end that looked to be the decisive score until Charnley's late effort.

It was not until the following year, 1995, that the decisive big break came.

The offense wouldn't gather anymore points until Goodman, a former walk-on, drilled the decisive kick.

Rangers had to wait until the stroke of half-time for the decisive second.

The decisive break did not come until 1918 when Labour committed itself to socialism.Tony Blair's history is sound.

Like so many 2012 matches, it took until late in the game for San Jose to notch the decisive goal.

The decisive.