noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dogged determination
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a dogged determination to succeed
grim determination
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The child hung on to her arm with grim determination .
steely determination
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a look of steely determination
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
expert
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All the applications of expert determination have evolved through commercial practice.
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This is ironic because the parties, having chosen expert determination , presumably wanted to avoid court proceedings.
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Those issues appear in various parts of the agreement, and expert determination is applied to those issues by one expert clause.
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This may demonstrate one of the essential features of expert determination , namely that it need not be a personal process.
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People are likely to create at least one piece of paper when making an agreement of sufficient complexity to incorporate expert determination .
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Expert witnesses should not be confused with expert determination: see 1.6.3.
fierce
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This was achieved by resolve, leadership and teamwork, coupled with a fierce determination not to be beaten.
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What they did not know about this roly-poly 46-year-old with the easy smile was his fierce determination .
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The look of fierce determination on her face soon made him laugh.
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What the little company did have was the vision and fierce determination of its leader, nuclear physicist John Robert Beyster.
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They fought with fierce determination on both sides.
final
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Where an appeal is actually lodged this means the period between the decision and the final determination of the appeal.
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Everything turns on the capacity of the patient and, just as important, who makes the final determination as to that capacity.
great
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He should really start thinking about double-checking a few things. Great determination and guts and all that sort of thing.
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Love-passion-is an emotion that keeps all entrepreneurs going. Great determination only occurs when there is great passion.
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So a stallion may respond to punishment from us by trying to kick us with greater determination instead.
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We face the future with quiet confidence and great determination .
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A fatherless, penniless boy - possessed of great determination , faith, and courage - seeks his fortune.
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There is even opportunity to praise failure if great effort and determination have been shown.
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Under President Ford leading Western states had begun to tackle their economic differences with greater determination .
grim
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In fact he found Patrick's grim determination not to be charmed rather amusing.
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No words, no threats, no waste of energy, just a grim determination to do or die.
social
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The problem raised by the theory of ideology is the analysis of knowledge as true or false, according to its social determination .
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This was indeed the origin of the concept of ideology and the thesis of social determination .
steely
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During their time together, Rigby recognised the steely determination Gedge applied to the group.
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Howard Saddler plays Cassius with steely determination , persuasive in his arguments that initially draw Brutus into the conspiracy.
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Then she saw the look of steely determination in his eyes and knew he was more than capable of it.
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But her steely determination to make her way in a cruel world has done its own damage.
■ NOUN
self
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Join the Ulster Movement and play your part in gaining self determination for our ancient homeland.
■ VERB
allow
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In addition to probing the critical state near T c, these measurements allow the indirect determination of the residual, normal-state resistivity.
demonstrate
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The willingness of part-time farmers to go on training courses demonstrates their determination to make the most of their farms.
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The authorities may contend that they demonstrate their determination to find extremists in the ranks.
express
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Briony crammed the cap low over her brow as if to express solid determination , then swung round and left the room.
keep
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Duregar pinned his hopes on Dwarven determination to keep the army safe.
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But the President would not be moved from his determination to keep his promise to KohI.
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The street battles of Vilnius and Riga show a brutal determination to keep the Soviet empire together.
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You have to focus with a kind of relentless determination on keeping your grip.
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It seemed that although sheer determination had kept Julia alive until the wedding, suddenly she could fight no longer.
make
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The expert's jurisdiction to make a determination depends on the definition of the issue between the parties.
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On the other hand, the agency has been dragging its feet all the way in making the endangered determination .
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The justices failed to make any determination or finding upon that issue.
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In an instant I made my determination .
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Even if the plant is a free-standing subsidiary, within-group pricing policies make determination of real outputs difficult.
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But how precisely does the bureaucracy make that determination ?
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The constitution says an ill or incompetent president can no longer serve, but does not say who should make that determination .
show
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In May 1958, he showed his determination to avoid a recurrence.
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Hector had never said Ewan's name so easily, nor shown such interest and determination in weeks.
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The street battles of Vilnius and Riga show a brutal determination to keep the Soviet empire together.
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George Bush's administration has not shown such a determination , and it does not seem likely to do so.
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In the early 1980s Korolev showed considerable determination in embarking on the total restoration of the Tretyakov building complex in Lavrushinsky Pereulok.
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We need to show our determination to move ahead together.
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Once you've convinced yourself you will get out of it, think positively and show some determination .
win
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The games have been characterised by the players' deep determination to win .
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Few would question Lloyd's determination to win business which now walks past its door and into rivals such as Commercial Union.
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Their determination to win at any cost, brought world criticism as the details of massacres such as Mai Lai emerged.
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Politics, business, morality, and determination to win against the odds are popular subjects.
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Mr Gummer's determination to win the highest figures advised by the scientists failed for the North Sea cod quota.
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Ultimately he will convince them, his determination winning through, his belief becoming their belief.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stubborn resistance/refusal/determination etc
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After two-and-a-half years of stubborn resistance, the Republic collapsed rapidly during the first three months of 1939.
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As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.
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However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance, and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.
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Perhaps it was her stubborn refusal to see her family broken up that made Mrs Breen appealing to Farnham.
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There was no cheering on the part of the men, but a stubborn determination to obey orders and do their duty.
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What accounted for this stubborn resistance of nationalities to the predicted assimilation?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Determination and hard work led Sanders from poverty to success.
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A spokesman stressed the police's determination to find the girl's killer.
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After the accident, Bill learned to walk again through sheer hard work and determination .
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Success requires dogged determination , as well as ability.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As usual Eva entered into the spirit of the thing with energy and determination .
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But its seeming determination to do so is deeply troubling.
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Great determination only occurs when there is great passion.
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On the other hand, the agency has been dragging its feet all the way in making the endangered determination .
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The inhabitant of two dimensional space could also refine the use of his measurement to make a quantitive determination of curvature.
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There was no cheering on the part of the men, but a stubborn determination to obey orders and do their duty.
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This book really has everything: extraction; cleanup; determination .