Sentence examples for insistence at from inspiring English sources

His insistence at Pollsmoor prison that he had to have a certain brand of hair oil, and no substitute, became an issue of considerable importance to him.

This despite his insistence at the time of recording radio-hostile 60-minute songs, and never playing old material, so that live audiences would never hear his hits.

The insistence at the weekend by Gordon Brown that there would be no attack on Iran seems unwarranted optimism rather than objective assessment.

Nearby is a 15th-century Franciscan monastery, whose bell tolls with annoying insistence at 6am every morning – and a second bell tolls three minutes later, like a medieval snooze alarm.

"The Russians are very good at linking two unrelated issues in a negotiation," notes the official.Mr Putin's insistence at the summit that there was no political motive for Mr Khodorkovsky's arrest was implausible.

They also expressed concern that public opinion in their favor might be eroding because of the Gore side's insistence, at least initially, on strict adherence to rules that screen overseas absentee ballots, many from members of the armed forces.

Feedback of results to stakeholders was at CIET insistence – and at CIET expense.

"She feels it's very possible the car was destroyed, at Harvey Weinstein's insistence, and at Bennett Walsh and Lawrence Bender's execution".

According to the clinic's associate medical director, Dr. Kawabena Nyamekye, participants were being helped off medication at their own insistence, not at the request of Downtown Medical.

At Mr. Bernstein's insistence, chefs at each restaurant were trained to prepare and present every dish to the same specifications.

Lebanon's hothouse politics have been thrown into turmoil by Syria's insistence -- at a suddenly summoned special cabinet meeting over the weekend -- that the president it chose for Lebanon stay in office past his constitutional term.