1.   And I resumed my long-distance love affair with the Royal Ballet, which seems determined never to play a theater near me.

2.   Both sides in the dispute seemed determined not to compromise.

3.   Fate seemed determined to translate his dramatic mission into slapstick.

4.   From the beginning, he seemed determined to throw the book at her.

5.   He got very drunk that evening, and seemed determined to spoil things for all of us.

6.   Minton, meanwhile, became more and more extrovert and seemed determined to break all the rules.

7.   Social analysts and Novelists alike seem determined to make these connections visible - hence the detective element in many Victorian Novels.

8.   The big Dalek Killer had seemed determined to bring the shuttle in at the top of the space station.

9.   The Indian team seem determined to regain the ground they lost in the last game.