When he spoke, it was in his accustomed, decisive voice of command.

Go ahead," he ordered in a fine loud decisive voice.

The dynamics of the Japanese bureaucracies do not make the ministers the decisive voice.

Practically speaking, the king retained a decisive voice in the selection of the hierarchy.

One must openly introduce a constitutional system by establishing two houses and giving them a decisive voice.

A very slight chill in his brisk, decisive voice spoke of an old jealousy.

The doctor nodded, and began once more to question Lady Astwell in his high, decisive voice.

I could hear her cool, decisive voice from the foyer, but I made no effort to follow any of the conversations.

The decisive voice faded again into the argument of many, and Aygah continued pacing.

"Helm," he said in his most decisive voice, "make your depth fourteen thousand feet.

Retired bishops may be invited to attend the plenary sessions of the conference, but not decisive voice.

And: don't give the shop away to a committee, as Barry Sr. did when he allowed his two younger children decisive voices in the business.

"The military has the decisive voice."

He was talking in a low, decisive voice, and Henri nodded mute agreement, like one who scarcely heeds what is being said.

She is, as it were, a chief lay person in our church rather than somebody who has a decisive voice in all our appointments."

"Heal, Rowan," said Randall in a deep decisive voice.

Amsterdam had thereby the decisive voice.

As a result, Mr. Armey has a decisive voice in determining which bill will be brought to the floor, in what form and when.

The art critic has no decisive voice in such controversies, though arguments can be made by analogy from existing art to what may be done.

But it was not the renowned French baritone who proved to be Mr. Lakes's decisive voice teacher.

The first decisive voices of hostility against Boule de Suif come at the opera's last moments and catch us by surprise.

Karpov was the decisive voice in the creation of the Church Statute of 1945, its main author being one of his assistants.

The conservatives would prefer to see a conservative umbrella group, the Islamic Coalition Society, have a decisive voice in Parliament.

Last November he was the decisive voice forcing the crushing terms of the Irish "bailout," vetoing any haircut for bondholders.

They had advisory voice in asessory courts and decisive voice in referendary courts.