Sentence examples for and persisted with from inspiring English sources

Halliburton replied with a statement that said BP had ignored its warnings and persisted with a risky plan to use fewer devices called centralizers when cementing the well.

This suggests, they said, that the basic pattern of two-legged walking appeared very early in human evolution and persisted with only minor variations over a period of four million years.

Boldly rewarding these achievements, Ramsey duly promoted him to face the Irish and persisted with him even when, to the consternation of Cullis, the Black Countrymen plunged to 16th position in 1963-64.

The system of dividing the country into nomes was definitely in force by the time of the Old Kingdom (c. 2575 c. 2130 bc) and persisted with modifications until the Muslim conquest (ad 640).

Imagine what would have happened if the 12th-century Europeans who first encountered Hindu-Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3) had rejected them as a foreign oddity and persisted with the cumbersome Roman numerals (IV, V).

DH When teams go to Stoke City, there is always the temptation to pick the big men and it would be no surprise if the Tottenham Hotspur manager André Villas-Boas started Jan Vertonghen at left-back, recalled Steven Caulker in the centre and persisted with Tom Huddlestone in midfield.

So let's accept the government's logic at face value and persist with it.

Kallis likes the tactic though, and persist with it when Bell is on strike.

Why should we make do with this linguistic ambiguity and persist with a grammatical anomaly?

The company is ploughing more resources into digital while cutting costs and persisting with free online content.

Scotland still have no consistently recognised back four and persist with Kenny Miller as a lone striker, despite the 32-year-old's best days appearing firmly behind him.