Single-mindedness and determination are admired but shade into bloody-mindedness and obstinacy. |
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In fact, bloody-mindedness is the most important weapon in a marathon runner's arsenal. |
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The channels of communication have broken down through intransigence, sheer bloody-mindedness and despair. |
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But it took the courage, determination and sheer bloody-mindedness of five women from Alberta to start to make this a reality. |
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But the counter-Hollywood bloody-mindedness packs a knockout punch. |
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I admire his stamina and sheer bloody-mindedness. |
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There was method in Reed's bloody-mindedness. |
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By sheer bloody-mindedness we went through with the law suits, despite threats from the investor, and were recently told we had won our case in the supreme court. |
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Eighty-five per cent of the best brains go to America and Australia, put off by our bureaucracy, our bloody-mindedness and our barriers to free movement. |
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His creativity, his consistency, his bloody-mindedness. |
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And the sheer bloody-mindedness of the teachers. |
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Some of his bloody-mindedness springs from a damaged childhood. |
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