Sentence examples for figures insist from inspiring English sources

And, once again, authoritative-sounding figures insist that our problems are "structural," that they can't be fixed quickly.

Senior figures insist that the core bank, which is profitable, is attractive to the market.

Film companies are cautious about releasing profit figures, insisting that DVDs and other "platforms" boost box-office figures.

This was a shocking result, local Labour figures insisted, and some kind of inquiry should immediately be set in train.

But a succession of high-profile Labour and Lib Dem figures insisted that the result would be close.

The BBC played down the importance of Top Gear to the record iPlayer figures, insisting it had been driven by EastEnders.

It comes after senior figures insisted the Conservatives could unify after what has been a fractious EU referendum campaign.

When the first results started coming in, Labour figures insisted that, as sitting prime minister, Brown had the right to try to form a government.

The Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutogýlu, denied that the government bore any responsibility for the arrests of journalists or political figures, insisting that the judiciary and the police were acting on their own.

However even before his latest gaffe political and sporting figures insisted Sterling must sell the Clippers, with some warning of a player boycott if he tried to remain as owner.

After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, senior military figures insisted that the Convention did not extend to Iraqi prisoners in UK custody, despite their own lawyers repeatedly telling them that it did.