Sentence examples for a firmer determination from inspiring English sources

To make a firmer determination about links between climate change and infectious disease, researchers need high-quality data collected over long periods detailing changes in the numerous factors that go into the spread of disease.

Here in Tokio a scholar must have a firm determination to remain a hermit, otherwise he will be dragged into society & taken round, & he, losing time for study, ceases to be a scholar.

At times so quiet as to seem almost meek, Mr. O'Neill displayed a firm determination to pursue long-term strategic goals even if it meant forsaking short-term profits or breaking with industry practice.

In Nancy Balfour's day, American Survey (now renamed United States) was run on almost military lines, with strict discipline, frugal use of resources and a firm determination to maintain its independence from the rest of the paper.

Our duties are practical and call for industrious application, an intelligent perception of the claims of public office, and, above all, a firm determination, by united action, to secure to all the people of the land the full benefits of the best form of government ever vouchsafed to man.

As for the troops in the field: "Every individual moving to the Pacific," Marshall said, "should be indoctrinated with a firm determination to see it through". Once the new weapon had been proven, the military leaders went along with the president's decision to use it.

In my conversations with President Jonathan — who took the oath of office on Sunday — and with government ministers, leading businesspeople and representatives of civil society groups, I felt a firm determination to ensure that this time, in this decade, Nigeria fulfills its potential to become an African economic powerhouse and a member of the world's leading emerging economies.

While there is much speculation over the predominant reasons for the food loss — from unregulated expiration dating to a cultural distaste for aesthetically displeasing fruits and vegetables — one of the most telling aspects of the report is that there is not enough data to make a firm determination.

British police will hopefully reach a firm determination as to whether Berezovsky was murdered or whether he took his own life.

Deputy council leader Ralph Cook said: "Over the next few months we should be in a position to make a firm determination whether a green belt is possible under Welsh arrangements.

Here, you should be able to determine whether your package is "normal" in terms of services and/or prices, and make a firm determination of whether you're paying above fair market value.