I'm adamant.

My, aren't we adamant this evening!

Bill was adamant that she should obey him.

I'm sorry, Newton. but Lord Rawnsley's quite adamant.

She's adamant. Besides, I don't think the security people...

I should give you the following message. He was quite adamant about it.

Egyptian civilian society has also been adamant in its call for ridding the Middle East of all weapons of mass destruction.

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead don't be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead don't be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

Germany and others are at first adamant that they will do whatever it takes to prevent a similar bank run there. The Spanish government announces additional fiscal cuts and structural reforms.

So far, Obama s Republican opponents are adamant that the cuts be extended for all taxpayers, arguing that increases in top rates would discourage job creation. This claim is not supported by the evidence.

On numerous occasions, the Secretary General had called on both parties to exercise maximum restraint and responsibility, and reiterated his long standing and adamant opposition to all terrorist attacks, from whatever quarter.6

Thus, rejection of democracy in any form was fundamental to Deng s viewpoint. Though he advocated legal reform as a tool of modernization, Deng was adamant that the rule of law not be allowed to limit the CCP s power.

Highly leveraged local governments could not tolerate higher interest rates or an appreciating currency, and they were adamant about continuing land sales and opposing property taxes. They feared the financial burden of new requirements to provide social services to urban migrants.

Lebanon, with its brother Arab States, is adamant in its conviction that peace is a strategic choice, and realizes the importance for the future of the whole region of achieving that goal for its own people and those of neighbouring States.

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

Bhutto s contacts with Mushararf s military government drew criticism, but she remained adamant that a return to democracy was possible only through a transition in which Musharraf would give up his military post, become a civilian head of state, and conduct free and fair elections.

Among the Desert Arabs around you there are some hypocrites, and among the inhabitants of Medina too. They have become adamant in hypocrisy. You do not know them, but We know them. We will punish them twice then they will be returned to a severe torment.

Among the Desert Arabs around you there are some hypocrites, and among the inhabitants of Medina too. They have become adamant in hypocrisy. You do not know them, but We know them. We will punish them twice then they will be returned to a severe torment.

Members of the religious police remain adamant that the country s Christian guests must continue to live according to strict Wahhabi rules of behavior. While the Wahhabis could yet be bribed again with oil money, the sect s power hungry judges eagerly await the next beheading, stoning, or lashing in Riyadh s public square.

Whereas Wen s supporters remain adamant that he fundamentally supported a shift toward democracy and a market economy for China, his critics lambast him for failing to fulfill his promises of political and economic reform. As Wen s successor, Li Keqiang, attempts to engineer deep systemic reforms, understanding Wen s policy decisions could not be more relevant.

To defend its legality in hearings before Germany s Constitutional Court, the ECB itself has argued that the OMT program is a less potent instrument than many believe. Although the German government has been adamant that it is not a German court s role to rule on the legality of ECB instruments, markets have taken note.

The Germans, along with smaller creditor countries, are dead set against any relaxation of austerity and are adamant that structural reform must remain a condition of further financing. They think that offering easier terms would be economically counterproductive, not least because it would give the Greeks an opportunity to go back to their bad old ways.

American efforts to re start Israeli Palestinian peace talks have faced adamant opposition from Iran, which maintains its 30 year old policy of opposing any effort to promote peace in the region. Iran exerts significant influence on both state and non state actors whose support is indispensible to any long term peace in the Middle East.

Mr. Zestier s comments coincided with pronouncements by Syrian Vice President Abdul Hakim Khaddar that Syria was willing to resume peace negotiations only on condition that they started from the point where they had stopped under the Labour Government and that Syria was adamant that Israel must withdraw to the 4 June 1967 lines. (Jerusalem Post, 25 September)

Besides convincing the troika that our debt sustainability analysis should avoid the austerity trap, we must overcome the second hurdle the reform trap. The previous reform program, which our partners are so adamant should not be rolled back by our government, was founded on internal devaluation, wage and pension cuts, loss of labor protections, and price maximizing privatization of public assets.

BRUSSELS For the entire first half of this year, since the far left, anti austerity Syriza party came to power in January, the Greek saga virtually monopolized the attention of European policymakers. Even as their country s economy crashed, Greece s new government remained adamant in demanding debt relief without austerity that is, until mid July, when they suddenly agreed to the creditors terms.

The burden of bailing out the country s ailing financial institutions was too heavy for an already indebted Cypriot state, and the International Monetary Fund was adamant that it would not pretend otherwise. So, in mid March, Cyprus was heading for a precipitous retrenchment of its banking system, resulting in the loss of a very large part of the country s financial wealth.

Hamas also faces pressure from the international community, which, despite supporting the Palestinians demand for an end to the Israeli siege and blockade, is adamant that Israel s security concerns also be addressed. As United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon warned, Any peace effort that does not tackle the root causes of the crisis will do little other than set the stage for the next cycle of violence.

The fear is that the recent stock market crash may have spooked the government, causing it to slow the pace of reform, including efforts to open up China s capital account. Whether reform momentum is maintained will depend largely on whether the government recognizes that the crash was the result of a regulatory failure, or remains adamant that it was the work of some nefarious foreign force, determined to destroy the Chinese economy.