Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] determination [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President underlined her determination to pursue the coup plotters by naming a former police chief , Alfredo Lim , as the new director of a greatly strengthened National Bureau of Investigation . |
| 2 | The coalition had to agree in principle to the report , announcing its determination to implement the report 's assumption that mass unemployment must be prevented . |
| 3 | The New Statesman insisted in a statement that the article was not defamatory and said yesterday 's settlement would not affect its determination to fight the libel actions brought by Mr Major and Ms Latimer . |
| 4 | The Bank of Japan signalled its determination to protect the economy from inflationary trends and to strengthen the value of the yen by raising the key official discount rate — the rate charged by the Bank of Japan on overnight loans to commercial banks — three times during the year , including from 3.57 to 4.25 in December 1989 . |
| 5 | If the two men are to win through , Taylor must take England to the World Cup Finals next year and Major must show his determination to lead the Tories to the next election . |
| 6 | Blackfriars , as we still call it , may be a monument to Edward 's friendship with the Dominicans ; but it also marks his determination to avoid the fate of his grandfather , King John , who had been finally driven to agree to the Magna Carta by finding the gates of the City shut against him . |
| 7 | " Just as his 1858 trips had made known his commitment to emancipation , those of 1862 showed his determination to preserve the prerogatives of the autocrat " . |
| 8 | Having achieved narrow wins in the Minnesota and Idaho caucuses Harkin stated his determination to continue the fight at least until the Illinois and Michigan primaries , on March 17 , when he hoped that his trade union support would assist him . |
| 9 | With ethnic disco jewellery from Afghanistan and Pakistan , Apache once again shows his determination to reflect the best of East and West . |
| 10 | Mr Shamir has been hard at work consolidating his right-wing support and trying to win over independent conservatives ; he has reiterated his determination to keep the P L O out of any peace talks and has steadfastly refused to consider any deal which would involve giving up territory for peace . |
| 11 | Its decision reflects its determination to resume the hunting of the relatively numerous minke whales , which it claims are now present in quantities which can be sustainably harvested . |
| 12 | It was announced that remaining unresolved issues would be taken up by the START negotiating teams in Geneva , and both sides stressed their determination to complete the drafting by the end of 1990 . |
| 13 | His successor , Bill Clinton , said : ‘ I share his determination to ensure the success of this important mission . ’ |
| 14 | In the past few days Mr Delors has signalled his determination to boost the executive powers held by Brussels . |
| 15 | Allegations of official dithering had intensified after Rao , who had signalled his determination to rebuild the mosque , indicated on Dec. 10 that he favoured the building of both a mosque and a Hindu temple . |
| 16 | But he chafed for his independence , and his brief visits to Indonesia only increased his determination to make the big jump . |
| 17 | Its customers are focused on the whole distributed environment , not just the kernel , it says , rekindling its determination to implement the Open Software Foundation technologies such as the Distributed Computing Environment and Distributed Management environment in HP/UX . |
| 18 | The willingness of part-time farmers to go on training courses demonstrates their determination to make the most of their farms . |
| 19 | At the south-western corner of the city walls two smaller castles were built , Baynard 's and Mountfichet , but never allowed to become great fortresses ; and they were finally removed from this strategic place by Edward I in the late thirteenth century : by a king whose mighty works at the Tower mirrored his determination to keep the Londoners under firm control ; but who greatly expanded the western end and formed a large new enclosure there for the Dominican friars , who could help him to ensure that no hostile presence met him when he came from Westminster to the City . |