I sometimes wonder how people who appear on television treat their own programmes – do they insist on gathering the family round the set to gaze and admire, or do they avert their eyes from modesty or embarrassment?
Mr. Arora said that the S.B.A.'s claims about reducing paperwork are overstated, in part because banks, out of habit, continue to insist on gathering all of the tax returns and financial statements required of a standard 7(a) loan.
She insisted on transcending labels.
I've never understood why many of my fellow Scots insist on wearing kilts to social gatherings.
From his undergraduate years at New College, he insisted on dominating every gathering, imperiously surrounding himself with a fawning set.
After her family asked for a large engagement party, including dozens of guests and elaborate platters of sweets that would cost more than $1,600, Anwari insisted on a smaller gathering of their families and closest friends.
Stephanie insisted on running inside and gathering up the family's two golden retrievers, Sasha and Hurley.
I asked John Guernsey, the rector of All Saints', why the church had insisted on reading the letter at the gathering.
The administration previously had insisted on briefing only a small fraction of Congress's 535 members, saying larger gatherings were likely to result in leaks of secret information.
