Sentence examples for intransigent for from inspiring English sources

When Rhodesian premier Winston Field proved insufficiently intransigent for the hardliners, he was ousted by a palace coup, which brought Ian Smith to power on April 13 1964.

Most of the world thought Reagan was being intransigent, for insisting on his space shield; Reagan thought Gorbachev was being intransigent, for balking; twenty years later, the United States is still nowhere near having a workable defense against nuclear missiles but is much more powerful militarily than it was then.

As education minister under Mr Calderón she clashed with Elba Esther Gordillo, the intransigent boss-for-life of the powerful teachers' union.

Perry, who is the sort of person who calls other guys "dude," used to be a cotton farmer, a group that seems to have a special talent for combining rugged individualism with intransigent demands for government assistance.

The Nusra Front's intransigent calls for Islamic rule in Syria conflict with the calls for democracy voiced by the vast majority of Syria's opposition.

The German news media declared Thursday's vote a victory for Mrs. Merkel, while asking how far she could push her intransigent coalition for further steps to rescue the currency.

"Intransigent enough for you, sir?" October 21 , 2014

Is philosophy, the intransigent quest for truth (including the truth about politics and religion), inherently subversive?

Developing countries nearly derailed the Doha round in 2003 by forming a bloc whose intransigent demands for cuts in rich-country agricultural supports brought an important meeting in Cancún, Mexico to a screeching halt.

Their intransigent demands for deep spending cuts, coupled with their almost gleeful willingness to destroy one of America's most invaluable assets, its full faith and credit, were incredibly irresponsible.

But he also indicated that he could take a more hard-line stance than Mr. Tadic on major issues like Europe and Kosovo, making him potentially an intransigent interlocutor for Brussels and Washington if he becomes prime minister.