1.   The final decision rests with the President.

2.   The final decision rested with the President.

3.   A committee will screen candidates for the job, but the final hiring decision will be made by Ms. Brown.

4.   Negotiations between transport owners and members of the newly appointed government led to an agreement to await a final decision by the Council of Islamic Ideology.

5.   Bush stressed that he would not be making a final decision until he had heard the reports from Cheney and Powell.

6.   The OAU Council of Ministers had discussed the possibility of the suspension of the SADR pending the UN-organized referendum on self-determination, but no final decision had been taken.

7.   That I stress is a preliminary view they could not and would not wish to make a final decision until they have all the information.

8.   After this it re-enters the network and a new set of answers emerge, leading to a final decision.

9.   And I am not entirely persuaded that the views of colleagues in this matter were given adequate weight when the final decision was taken.