Sentence examples for if it persisted from inspiring English sources

One came toward the end of our visit, when Jillian demonstrated a way to prevent a horse from grazing, placing her boot between its mouth and the grass, and tapping its nose if it persisted.

In the past, such an inverted yield curve, if it persisted, has signaled that the economy was going to slow or that even a recession was possible.

Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman, said Iran was "moving in the wrong direction" and, if it persisted, the US would discuss possible next steps with other members of the UN security council.

Mr. Light warned that the administration would contribute to the delays if it persisted in sending "large dumps of nominees at a time" to the Senate, as it did on April 30, when it sent 61 names.

It looks more like a cave-in to pressure from the Human Rights Campaign and other groups that warned King & Spalding that it could have trouble recruiting and retaining lawyers if it persisted in defending DOMA, a job the firm took on after the Obama Administration announced that it would no longer be doing so itself.

His Indian counterpart, Arun Jaitley, had earlier said Pakistan would be made to pay an "unaffordable" price if it persisted with "adventurism".

As Maurice Frankel of the Campaign for Freedom of Information put it, while the government's "open data" initiative would be welcome, it would be undermined if it persists with its plans to limit the scope of the FOI Act.

If it persists in undermining the NHS, its workforce and the patients it serves, these issues will only continue.

And if it persists, the pressure will continue to mount, and its isolation will continue to deepen".

Given its heft, China would lose much credibility in Asean if it persists with this "hard" approach.

If it persists, it could spell real trouble for the Democrats a year from now.