Sentence examples for obdurate over from inspiring English sources

Monfils tried to produce the same level of entertainment in the following round against Tommy Robredo but found the Spaniard more obdurate over five pulsating sets.

That the deal was secured at all owed something to Mr Blair's anxiety for the British presidency to end on a good note; rather more to the good offices of Angela Merkel, the new German chancellor, who cajoled her fellow leaders and offered helpful concessions at crucial moments; and nothing at all to Mr Chirac, who remained obdurate over the CAP (see article).

It isn't as if these facts were not already in the public domain to some degree - though the thickets of obfuscation have been especially obdurate over time.

That's what's happened in the House, where Dems have rolled over the obdurate GOP reps.

In addition to Dunn's excellent bowling, they were indebted to Harinath's two wickets in an over, having the obdurate Wallace caught behind and then bowling Ruaidhri Smith.

This victory over an obdurate Warriors side completed a league double for Bath but questions remained unanswered about Ashton's future at the Rec.

The Hillsborough declaration was designed cleverly to wallpaper over one irreducible, obdurate political fact: the IRA are never, ever, going to decommission, hand over or 'put beyond use' one bullet, one gun, one ounce of Semtex.

Unless Iran gets outside help (the Arak designs were provided by freelancing Russian scientists), Darkhovin could be just an excuse for Iran's continuing its own enrichment work.With Iran so obdurate, why the changed tack over Bushehr?

Kumar struck again in his next over to remove the obdurate Chanderpaul, who departed for 30 after seeing his loose drive snapped up by Suresh Raina at cover.

On a pitch that had emasculated bowlers throughout, five wickets had fallen in the final session and a bit, including the obdurate Angelo Mathews to Jimmy Anderson in the 87th over, and now the entire match hinged on this ultimate over.

After widespread criticism of their obdurate batting on Friday, when they scored 215 runs in 98.3 overs, England set off in far more positive fashion as their final six wickets added 130 in 28.4.