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She made no answer. Her lips trembled into a smile, but the eyes remained distant and serious, as if bent on some ineffable vision.

The American Congress seems bent on weakening Mr Abbas by withholding funds, to punish him for his UN bid.

But I got caught up in it because politicians seem bent on ruining Iceland's natural environment.

New-media innovators are bent on making the television set as easy to navigate as an iPad.

But as the government began to crack down on the sale of toxic pesticides, individuals bent on mayhem turned to knives.

Despite his image as a sensible moderate, conservatives increasingly claim that this is a sham and that Mr Obama is bent on ideological war.

I saw nothing that would lead me to the conclusion that it was other than a raid by savages bent on thievery.

You think, Judith, that your sister is now bent on some mad scheme to serve her father and Hurry?

Often a smudge in an old photographic plate is confused for an invading hoard of angry aliens hell-bent on giving us a bad 2012.

The disruption caused by viruses could have been much greater if virus writers were bent on doing damage, he said.

If we were bent on fighting on interior lines for the sake of convenience, we would fall into the enemy's deadly trap.

Although these actions spoke of a man bent on change, they paled against Peter's greater plan, to put Russia on the world map.

Moreover, if one is really bent on being a king, he will try to carry out his design by deeds instead of by words.

One of my friends, though with the makings of a merchant, was bent on being a painter.

Sadly, he seems to be bent on political revenge.

But at times, Mr Putin seems bent on proving only that Russia is again able to say nyet .

Facebook, which may soon boast 500m active users in its online-networking service, seems bent on turning McLuhan's vision into a reality.

Unless a company is hell-bent on selling the cheapest goods possible, manufacturing at home makes more sense than it has in a generation.

But she was never hell-bent on that goal. More important, she says, is the commitment to stepping outside her old comfort zone.

But a British government bent on intervention will nevertheless ignore the laisser faire implications of The Origin of Species.

Iran is still bent on acquiring nuclear capabilities and is expanding its regional influence.

are now as bent on producing entrepreneurs as they were once determined to produce Fabian technicians.

If this inequality is acquired through the shaping of the social system, then why such society bent on to reproduce patriarchal oppression?

That was all business as usual, he assumed, for an enterprise bent on dominating the universe.

These new intellectuals as bent on establishing a modern state, making clan fields no longer have to survive, and eventually went extinct.

And dedicated facilities are cropping up to train snow- sliders bent on going airborne.

In the case of Beslan, Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, immediately blamed the atrocity on outside forces bent on weakening his country.

The doctor sat with his face turned away, and his eyes bent on the ground.

That has led to the charge by hawkish American Republicans, as well as many Israelis, that Mr Obama is bent on betraying Israel.

Needless to say, such candour brought howls of angry indignation from an industry bent on getting back to business as usual.

To many Indians, China is an expansionist power bent on thwarting India's rise as a serious challenge to Beijing's influence in Asia.

James Hillman has observed that depression may be a special problem in a society hell-bent on happiness.

New management bent on shaking up the company.

By the common verdict of historians, even most German ones, Hitler was a ruthless adventurer bent on conquest and plunder.

Now he seems bent on using another medieval Scottish hero, Robert the Bruce, to work the same magic for his Scottish National Party (SNP).

His vision was of a country racked with fear and bent on vengeance, one that imposed invidious choices on the world and on itself.

Huo Xing Xing to persuade them to let loose, however, called on useless Ling Ling will star is bent on rebuilding family.

BEIJING: Executions are not enough deterrent for Chinese culprits bent on raking in money in illegal ways, the police has indicated.

Fred was subtle , and did not tell his friends that he was going to Houndsley bent on selling his horse .

The political meaning of the Bible is not something invented by secular ideologues bent on distracting us from our worship of God.

Republicans and the administration seem bent on $1 trillion of spending cuts over the next decade.

They were no longer radicals bent on breaking the system.

The government brushes off such criticism as politically inspired by an opposition bent on destabilisation.

Western civilization is under threat, attacked by multiculturalists, Jews, and Muslims bent on destroying Christendom and national identity.

My own worst lapses of behaviour tend to occur not when I'm intent on pleasing other people but when I'm hell bent on pleasing myself.

Sal Monella is a poisonous gangster hell bent on infection, and a pimple is a power - mad oil gland.

Thereal reason that Japan is so hell-bent on continuing its whaling isbecause it fears that a ban would be the thin end of the wedge.

why are you so hell-bent on getting me to go out with you?

She was bent on coming in, and saw Mary's preventive design.

Leek is still bent on the traditional Chinese medicine, is widely used since ancient times.

The Bush administration seems bent on satisfying the small but vocal group of Americans who oppose stem cell research under any conditions.

And Republicans in Congress bent on reducing deficits may be hard to persuade to subsidize such developments.

Where the actions of Hell often seem straightforwardly bent on destruction, the motives of Heaven are unfathomable.

they all come bent on violence. Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.

Hero's husband, bent on Health and the seconder vulgar people chanting words of kings, the next fear Nishun enforcement people.

That said, China is bent on superpower rivalry; reserve currency status for the renminbi is a glint in the party's eye.

And he still seems bent on repaying election favours to a rapacious old guard.

He cast the west as an enemy, bent on bullying and weakening Iran by denying it legitimate access to technology.

Chinese manufacturers, meantime, are still bent on acquiring overseas assets, undeterred by earlier mishaps.

China, which will get market economy status in 2016 in any case, is still hell-bent on removing any anti-dumping risk against its firms.

Apple is now bent on entrenching and extending this hardware platform.

They would not succumb to this Titan who was bent on undoing them.

The only thing that could Mess this up was if a Mad scientist bent on revenge was living underneath the city.

And there is the greater tragedy: publishers are obviously bent on reducing a social good to a economic commodity.

Ardan was just entering manhood, strong, agile, and bent on vengeance.

As a violent wind storm causes a power outage in Mystic Falls, ghosts suddenly appear - some with good intentions and some bent on revenge.

The opposition's line is that having defanged the army, AK is now bent on asserting its control over the law.

Dark, pensive thriller about Mossad agents bent on killing Palestinian terrorists who massacred Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics.

That was an abomination. But it is hardly evidence that the government is bent on genocide.

It endorses the idea that China should study the experiences of nations and empires it once condemned as aggressors bent on exploitation.

Far from denying it, the prime minister appears bent on defiance.

Today that comfort has been stripped away. We must face the fact that China is bent on surpassing us, and everyone else, in education.

And McCain now casts himself as a reformer bent on changing politics in Washington.

These are not the actions of a president bent on securing reunification by the back door.

Nuclear bombs in the hands of European madmen bent on world domination will never bring about the end of civilization.

Management's resources are used to best advantage when they build on the way people are bent on spending their resources.

However, Confucius was bent on spreading his teachings of benevolence for kings and their people.

Chinaappears hell bent on stealing state secrets and intellectual property from both governments and private business alike.

He had come to the forest bent on his destruction.

She has convened the parties involved for regular round tables, bent on achieving what no predecessor had attempted: order and transparency.

Along the way, you'll meet with powerful enemies, hell bent on ending your mission in failure.

In particular, he wants collaboration with opposition parties mostly bent on ousting him.

Fourth, when conflict occurs, it is not necessarily because a rising power is bent on aggression.

While Mullah Omar may be long gone, his hardened followers are hell-bent on staying.

Yet many observers believe the Tokat attack was staged by PKK hardliners bent on sabotaging peace.

With Italy's Maghreb policy in disarray, the Northern League appears bent on making things worse.

But this president seems strangely, almost suicidally bent on deterring American businesses from hiring.

And the opposition still seems bent on destabilising the pro-American Zardari government.

The horse should always remain straight on straight lines and correctly bent on curved lines.

Into these uncertain times rampaged the Yuuzhan Vong, alien invaders that breached New Republic space, bent on conquest.

Into these uncertain times rampaged the Yuuzhan Vong, alien invaders that breached New Republic space, bent on conquest.

For instance, from the very beginning Lin Biao was bent on persecuting Comrade He Long, but Comrade Mao Zedong wanted to protect him.

SINA runs the country's top microblogging site, a Twitter-like product that Sina is bent on expanding further.

He escaped, and fled again, but was caught in Naples and badly wounded by men from Malta, bent on revenge.

Ersol, a smaller company which is bent on mass-production, prefers to outsource research to institutions in Erfurt, Konstanz and Hameln.

To her it seemed he was bent on destroying himself.

If the Nisga'a prosper, they may also calm the fears of some Canadians that the First Nations are bent on creating separatist enclaves.

Let me be bent on happiness in.

Another obstructive control action in creativity is when we become bent on strictly following "rules" or "principles. "

Mr Besancenot is a member of SUD, a radical union bent on maximum disruption.

It's depressing to realize that my computer is more bent on self-improvement than I am.

Official rhetoric has long claimed that Japan is bent on reconquest.

ID4 is a movie about vicious space invaders that are bent on destroying all earthlings .

No such hurriedly happy outcome is promised in Libya, where Muammar Qaddafi seems bent on fighting back.

The United States, while bent on balancing its fiscal and trade deficits, also tried to seek a solution in the exchange rate.

Ian : I would have never guessed. Sam's not really bent on studying.

"A small minority are bent on destroying Pakistan's peace. "

Those in power are hell-bent on destroying the planet, and most people don't care.

The fear, however, is that Pyongyang is paranoid and obsessed that Seoul and Washington are bent on its destruction.

To balance that, all three carriers are bent on making top-end customers spend more; especially by using data applications on 3G.

B: The girls are bent on going to the beach this weekend.

Carrie's hell-bent on getting the four of us together Saturday night.

And he now knows that, next year, he will be racing again, as fast and bent on victory as always.

Fiat seems bent on world domination of the car industry.

She became bent on revenge after the gunman was found innocent in court.

Some unions seem bent on confrontation, alas.

They seemed hell-bent on fighting corruption.

Or a mutant creature from another planet hell-bent on global domination.

at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.

A luke warm bent on life will continue your existence as baggage for those that do the work.

I have been studying English very hard and am bent on becoming a translator.

I moved to New York City, hell-bent on stardom.

With the Chinese government so bent on promoting a "harmonious society, " Internet users slyly tailor the phrase for their own purposes.

They are so bent on describing brilliantly.

They see the West as a foe bent on stopping them.

He is bent on winning at all costs.

Firms bent on expansion will increasingly look towards emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil.

For example, patriarchs are bent on amassing a fortune and use the money they have cheated from believers for personal treats.

adj. He's bent on completing his essay.

In 1920 Amelia went aloft at a local air show and returned "hell bent" on learning how to fly.

For he is bent on ruining us all. -Mamma, he's teasing you.

He is bent on discrediting his opponent.

Students, when you are bent on punishment or blame the teacher to teach the incorrect time.

But that is quite rare among Nigerian governors, many of whom are bent on lining their pockets.

Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.

He is bent on mastering Spanish.

Some funds, such as Norway's, behave as capitalists bent on making as much money as they can.

He is bent on becoming an engineer.

The simple truth is that China is hell-bent on world domination.

If you are bent on you own way, I'll quit.

He is bent on his books.

At the time my father, bent on bringing up us sisters as strong and capable women figures, was extremely disappointed.

He is bent on mastering English, determined to learn it thoroughly.

Her progress was not quick, for her thoughts and her eyes were still bent on the object so well calculated to interest and alarm;

Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amplyrewarded.

Can make people hell-bent on me.

She is bent on becoming a film star when she grows up.

Why are you so bent on going to this restaurant?

That is why we are bent on planning reform, examining innovative ideas such as land auctions.

Why is that boy so hell-bent on a job in the theatre?

For those bent on (1), their comprehension of English must be strong and be matched with a strong writing skill in Chinese;

But the new multinationals are bent on the course taken by their counterparts in Japan in the 1980s and South Korea in the 1990s.

acquire a taste in music appeal to be bent on be enthusiastic about be fond of be intent on be very keen on take delight in

the party seems insanely bent on consuming itself before it even gets to the main contest, the effort to defeat Republican Bush

Strengthening the Leadership of Party, Being Bent on Reform, Working Hard for Promoting the whole Provincial National Work to a New Stage

To be bent on innovation and pioneering a new road for specialized hospital development

Fortunately, the beasts seemed more bent on stretching their paws and yawning, and flourishing their tails, than devouring me alive;

They include followers of al-Qaeda, bent on war with the "Jews and crusaders" of the Western world;

Be bent on reform To promote growth, and improve passenger service

Cause leading to axis-line bent on hull of marine main engine booster

UN Bent on Handling Proliferation of Small Arms

The Party was bent on saving China

at fifteen , i had my mind bent on learning truth ;

In you are slanderous men bent on shedding blood;

my thoughts were bent on seeing the world