11.   Then they appeared to reach a decision and walked back to the Land Rover.

12.   Most decisions were therefore reached informally in consultation with families.

13.   When a decision has been reached, all concerned will be recalled and informed of the decision of the disciplinary committee.

14.   Similar decisions were reached in the cases involving hole in the heart babies who had to wait for treatment because of a shortage of trained specialist nursing staff.

15.   Guard against it, see the discussions as ways of reaching decisions.

16.   Applications for listed building consent have to be advertised, and any representation must be taken into account by the local authority before it reaches its decision.

17.   That leaves difficult cases where an expert has reached a decision which is widely believed to be incorrect but cannot be challenged.

18.   It is desirable to have conventional procedures like legislation and precedent so that people may rely on whatever decisions are actually reached through these procedures.

19.   No definite decision could be reached.

20.   It had taken some time to reach a decision, but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place, and then had gone off.