They were "almost predetermined to master the new means of media and communication in a way that is qualitatively much richer than the older generation".
The question that feminist critics have endlessly debated is: was she so obsessed with her dead father that her suicide was almost predetermined, or did Hughes's behaviour, particularly his decision to leave her for another woman after six years of marriage, push her to the edge?
My love affair with this town was almost predetermined.
The violence was almost predetermined on Friday, normally a day of prayer and rest in the Muslim world, but increasingly also one of protest and dissent.
By fielding PLO lists, the argument goes, most local elections will be seen as unnecessary, with results almost predetermined by politicians in a smoke-filled room, without giving an opportunity to the public to be involved in this democratic process.
In Hunter's view, the forced leave is the first step toward a termination that he views as almost predetermined.
On a business trip to Mexico in January my phone was almost immediately, and rightly, blocked as I had reached a predetermined data cap.
When they assign the burden of proof they almost predetermine the legal outcome".
The way he put it was that it was predetermined before we met.
And political analysts and party insiders say a guilty verdict for Mr. Bo has almost certainly been predetermined.
