Sentence examples for in the face of determination from inspiring English sources

It showed once more that arrogance can prove costly in the face of determination and restated football's greatest quality: there is no such thing as an invulnerable team, however great their players, however full their trophy cabinet.

The President, who often backs down in the face of determination, might well sign it into law.

Beaten up, gaunt and rapidly graying -he addressed the country on the shooting and the aftermath of violence in the streets -- with the face of determination.

What are our politicians supposed to do in the face of such determination?

This is partly in recognition of the limits of their power in the face of American determination.

"It is very troubling to reflect that this approach might actually have succeeded, with a lesser parent than Mr Neary giving up in the face of official determination," he added.

Although she survived two other Tory inspired censure motions her reputation was dealt a further blow when the Department of the Environment in London gave the go ahead for the planting of a GM trial crop in Flintshire in the face of assembly determination to keep Wales a GM free zone.

But then, in an unprecedented step, the prime minister pulled a page from the U.S. presidential playbook: She made a direct televised address to the British public, proclaiming to them that "I am on your side" in the face of parliamentary determination to thwart the will of the public by not allowing her deal to be voted through.

He said the congresswoman and her husband had "taught us the true meaning of hope in the face of despair" and "determination in the face of incredible odds".

There is widespread scepticism in Israel – shared by many of its Arab neighbours – that the US and its European allies possess sufficient resolve in the face of Iran's determination to establish itself as a threshold nuclear-armed state.

All this confirms a profound truth about our national life, which is that there comes a time when ideological objections to some notional abuse have to be abandoned in the face of people's determination to enjoy themselves.