Sentence examples for a determined refusal from inspiring English sources

Thatcher is remembered as The Iron Lady only because she possessed completely negative traits such as persistent stubbornness and a determined refusal to listen to others.

That kind of decision might be good for Democrats in 2014 and beyond, given the mess of our current health system and the Republican leadership's determined refusal to embrace a plausible path to reform.

But the determined refusal of the political establishment to recognise the link with the wars they have been waging in the Muslim world is toxic and dangerous.

The dramatic and intensely personal nature of this experience helps to explain Luther's determined refusal, during the indulgences controversy, to recant his theological views.

But the virtue of this scene is that it leads to the one serious political debate over Thatcher's determined refusal to apply sanctions to South Africa.

It is a career that has rewritten almost every record in the Scottish game, but the secret of its success has been his determined refusal to look beyond the next game.

As far as I am concerned the whole thing is absurd — yet another example of how America's antiquated system of government, and its determined refusal to accept the economic realities of the modern world, is undermining its future.

That's a determined reaction.

Generally Mr. Oplev is a determined fellow.

She was a determined old woman.

He's just a determined person.