31.   It is thought that British Midland considered the City Airport some time ago, but decided against moving in at that stage.

32.   A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed it had decided against referring the sentence to the Attorney General.

33.   Col Bradshaw said he decided against the move but decided to help Mr Jackson fill his showroom by supplying him with furniture to sell on his behalf.

34.   At the Fife yard yesterday, the union conveners explained their reasons for deciding against action over the job losses.

35.   But they decided against it and it went again in October.

36.   But in the end he had decided against imposing VAT on them.

37.   The Government was understood to have decided against making a statement at the request of Labour which wanted the opportunity to reply in full to the Budget.

38.   BC also pledged that miners would not suffer financially if they decided against taking early voluntary redundancy in order to await the outcome of the talks.

39.   And he made clear that even if British Coal decided against a reprieve the Government would not block its sale to a private company.