| Single-mindedness and determination are admired but shade into bloody-mindedness and obstinacy. |
| There was method in Reed's bloody-mindedness. |
| In fact, bloody-mindedness is the most important weapon in a marathon runner's arsenal. |
| His creativity, his consistency, his bloody-mindedness. |
| 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. |
| But it took the courage, determination and sheer bloody-mindedness of five women from Alberta to start to make this a reality. |
