Sentence examples for insisted on setting from inspiring English sources

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I agreed and insisted on setting a date.

But in giving more, the state has insisted on setting up a new government agency that would monitor how the money is being spent, and to what end.

She insisted on setting up the tent, just in case — it could rain, you never knew — but all he wanted to do was stretch out on a gray neoprene pad and feel the sun on his face.

Nicolas Sarkozy, when French finance minister last year, suggested cutting EU budget payments to new members that insisted on setting low tax rates.Investors, by contrast, love the new members for their low wages, high productivity and simple taxes.

Her father couldn't adjust to this strategy at all he insisted on setting Dorothy straight but Garner discovered that she quite enjoyed the Alice in Wonderland quality of those days with her mother.

In contradiction to the adopted resolution, which called for international involvement, including that of international judges to investigate wartime atrocities during the final stages of the war, Sri Lanka has instead insisted on setting up a domestic-only mechanism.

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And for all the broker breast-beating they aren't even particularly draconian – other countries have gone for a much less vague approach and insisted on set salary multiples, loan-to-value ratios and mortgage lengths.

The method fails if one insists on setting the flow pressure equal to the atmospheric pressure as the pipe end boundary condition.

They did, however, still insist on setting one up; the statement released on Monday said that the fund will be based in Athens and "managed by the Greek authorities under the supervision of the relevant European Institutions".

Opera companies would not comply, insisting on setting the story in the early 18th century.

He has chosen Ferdinand for Miranda but insists on setting the tempo for the romance too.

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