| But, how can one discuss nonsemantic functions in language that is obdurately semantic? |
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| They are obdurately opposed to constitutional reform, even though in theory they stand for restrictions on the power of the state. |
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| Viciously bullied at school, the pubescent twins turn obdurately introverted, speaking only to each other and growing increasingly delinquent. |
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| Northamptonshire had batted obdurately beyond tea on the final day and there were 20 overs left, not all of them, thankfully, compulsory. |
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| One of the things that goes hard with Hetty in the trial is that she at first refuses to give her identity and obdurately denies that she ever had a baby, let alone killed it. |
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| Sure, some places may have had facelifts since the bad old days, but the stories of wanton mayhem hang obdurately in the air. |
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| All I saw were a lot of disgruntled consumers and, through the windows of obdurately closed stores, a few shop workers taking the opportunity to re-stock the shelves. |
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| But Martinez is obstinately, pigheadedly, obdurately stubborn. |
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