1.   It sounded determined to break through the glass.

2.   But the Sonics sounded determined to find out if the Spurs, particularly Parker, could do it again.

3.   But while Lieberman sounded determined afterward, it was hard to find much optimism in his words.

4.   Chirac came to office in May sounding determined to stay clear of the struggle.

5.   Gribbon sounds determined.

6.   He sounded determined to accentuate the positive of the situation.

7.   Hill sounds determined to be much better than last season, when Hill and Jason Kidd of Dallas were named co-winners of the Rookie of the Year award.

8.   If he sounds too determined, he risks raising to unreasonable heights American expectations of a total victory.

9.   Mutombo sounded determined to avoid being swept, saying that it had never happened in his seven-year career.

10.   But the United Nations and NATO sounded determined to press on despite the peril.