Sentence examples for determination to claim from inspiring English sources

It started with President Pierre Nkurunziza's determination to claim a third term, trampling over the constitutional arrangements that ended a decade-long civil war.

Those sentiments were echoed by team-mates as they mulled over their victory and prepared for the Maracanã, with the determination to claim a first major trophy since Euro 96 all too clear.

A willingness to undertake a feat of epic stamina and determination to claim some notable piece of hostile geography for one's people, assuming they'd agreed to name it after you.

On a fair analysis of all the evidence bearing on ownership, then, this area is, I believe, to be deemed unclaimed land, and the determination to claim it on the part of the United States is a political decision not for this Court.

In a later news conference, Ahmad Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi National Congress, an exile group, took center stage, saying the Governing Council "is united in its determination to claim full rights of government in Iraq and to work with the coalition authorities on issues that will restore total and complete sovereignty to the Iraqi people quickly".

"His skill and determination to claim two medals at these games will be an inspiration to others.

The determination of Congressional Democrats to claim scalps from the Bush administration remains visceral.

The best steeplechaser in training showed a fresh side to his character yesterday, a brutish determination that allowed him to claim a place in history.

Canada has until 2013 to file its claim and intends to do so.But as well as heeding the state interests of Canada, the United States and (for the time being) Denmark, would-be extractors will also have to take into account the determination of local people to claim a share of the action.

There is a determination from the Croatians to claim first place - and the automatic qualification prize that comes with it - as the rock-bottom Scots head back to the former Yugoslavia less than three months after defeat in Serbia.

The Kurds' numbers, and their determination to lay claim to Kirkuk, have stoked the already intense hostilities between the Kurds and Arabs that date to the late 1980's, when Saddam Hussein pushed many Kurds out of the city and replaced them with Arabs.