Example sentences of "determined [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the girl was unhappy with her foster parents and was determined to go home to her ‘ bitter and lonely ’ father . |
| 2 | Avril still had to undergo radiotherapy , but was also determined to go back to college after Christmas . |
| 3 | I knew he was trying to cheer me up but I was determined to go back to my knitting lessons when the vultures had gone . |
| 4 | SCO is determined to stick close to the Intel trail , whilst dismissing UnixWare as ‘ server-centric , ’ saying ‘ Unixware wo n't hit the Intel market … it is not comparable to Vines ’ enterprise-wide networking capabilities . ’ |
| 5 | I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position . |
| 6 | It still has a minority government determined to hold on to power and interfering with the process of change by its illegal financial ( and other ) support of Inkatha . |
| 7 | The possession of Tours , the city of St Martin , an important market and a vital communications centre , gave the Angevins a tremendous strategic advantage ; and the building of the great castles of Chinon , Loches and Loudun showed that they were determined to hold on to it . |
| 8 | The covering of pond weed determined to settle back to its previous comfortable limits , pushes at Laverne 's legs . |
| 9 | The US and British refusal to respect the wishes of the Arab people , and their indisputable right to self-determination , demonstrates that sadly , despite a changing world , the West is determined to hang on to its outmoded and intolerable attitudes and practices . |
| 10 | SUNDERLAND manager Malcolm Crosby admits he 's on a roundabout — but is determined to hang on to his job . |
| 11 | He was set up as the triggerman for the massacre by those forces inside President F.W. de Klerk 's administration determined to hang on to white power at all costs . |
| 12 | They paid out £600,000 — plus two players valued at £400,000 — for the 23-year-old from Brentford last month , but the Dons rate Holdsworth highly and are determined to hang on to him . |
| 13 | If they were determined to hang on to their culture then they were to do so quietly , without bothering others . |
| 14 | But when the loan period expires , Beasant is determined to head back to Stamford Bridge and try to prolong his career in the Premier League . |