Still, all England could do was beat the opposition put in front of them convincingly and this they did with some relish, leaving McNamara adamant that he had learnt plenty from this exercise.
With the Left Front so adamant, nothing is likely to happen.
Republicans, accustomed from the previous two popes to papal endorsement of their policy choice, made ready to applaud, only to hear Francis turn sharply to the left with an adamant denunciation of the death penalty.
Whitney Houston's pitch-perfect, final performance as their strict Christian churchgoing mother whose own failed quest for stardom has left her bitter and adamant that her three daughters not follow in her footsteps, is played with such quiet power and grace that the packed theater burst into spontaneous applause when on-screen, Houston leads her congregation in a gospel song.
The Pope was adamant, leaving Michelangelo no choice but to accept.
PRESIDENT FUNES, who has less than a year left in his term, seems adamant about ending his presidency without letting the admission slip from his lips that his government designed this truce strategy, which has already saved more than 2,000 lives.
Yet he was adamant that Nazism had left no lasting psychological damage.
He was adamant that he had left "The Hobbit" of his own accord, but his language seemed careful.
Wright-Phillips, 28, now has less than two years left on his contract but is adamant he has never felt he was being forced out of the club.
He was unbowed and proud, but adamant that he'd left the Mafia behind after his last prison stint.
