conscious decision
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsciousanddecision
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conscious
adjective
uk/ˈkɒn.ʃəs/us/ˈkɑːn.ʃəs/
to notice that a particular thing or person exists or ...
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decision
noun
uk/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofconsciousanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It requires instead a change in shopping habits-aconsciousdecisionby consumers to spend more time and probably more money on food.
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The words that are present in advertisements are the product of a veryconsciousdecisionto put those particular words there rather than other words.
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In many day-to-day economic activities, such as shopping, the consumer makes aconsciousdecision, a choice, to make a purchase.
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Aconsciousdecisionto procreate should bring about conscious assent to assuming obligations as a parent.
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Insofar as this misrepresentation stems from aconsciousdecision, the sentimental emotion results from choice.
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If they do but do not result fromconsciousdecision, then the desert ground is disconnected from moral responsibility.
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These reasons may be contrasted with practical reasons as being the outcome of aconsciousdecision.
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In examples like those, the choice of singular or plural agreement represents a more-or-lessconsciousdecisionof the writer to broaden or narrow the focus.
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These saccades are unwanted and happen against the subjects'consciousdecision.
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Of course, it is not impossible that there are some voters who are making a moreconsciousdecisionto support divided government.
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Participation in pension plans is not a natural experiment, but rather reflects aconsciousdecision.
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Aconsciousdecisionto procreate is an act of assent to commit oneself to the project of parenthood.
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Whether this was aconsciousdecisionnot to frame later life in terms of loss of occupation or past roles is not clear.
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In this case, subjects probably make aconsciousdecisionwhich response to map to which stimulus when performing the task.
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Taking on a caring role was not a suddenconsciousdecision.
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This puts compound recognition at the level of syntax rather than morphology, aconsciousdecisionto keep morphology finitistic.
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The article looks at the reasons behind the government'sconsciousdecisionto allow a small group from the intelligentsia to become part of the state elite.
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In the nomination of tests for the battery, there was aconsciousdecisionto consider newer measures that may advance the measurement of cognition in schizophrenia.
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For example, most of the reviewed cases of e-transparency incorporated aconsciousdecisionto reduce design flexibility because staff autonomy was often associated with corruption and self-interested behaviour.
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