Sentence examples for insistence on rules from inspiring English sources

What he came to hate about the church is its insistence on rules, which turns it to cruelty, not pity.

The formality — the insistence on rules, boundaries, respect — is hilariously at odds with the chaos and violence that rages all the time.

These partners should not allow the European project to be sacrificed on the altar of German public opinion or German leaders' insistence on "rules".

What Mr. Archer calls simplification the White House sees as favors for the rich, resulting in its insistence on rules to phase out many of the tax breaks as incomes rise.

With regard to surveillance and product marking, the possibility of revising the General Product Safety Directive in the next five years is, in my view, essential, as are the insistence on rules for national marking and the call for a study of European marking.

One might expect Xunzi's faith in the powers of education, as well as his insistence on rule by virtue, to lead to a rejection of the need for punishment.

At the heart of the row between the protesters and the government is China's insistence on tight rules on nominations for candidates wanting to stand for election in 2017.

China's insistence on tight rules on nominations for candidates wanting to stand for election in 2017 has angered pro-democracy campaigners, who say the polls will fall short of the free elections they are seeking and have called for Mr Leung to step down.

What did remain was the Leninist insistence on one-party rule.

He ruled with a despotic populism in which the ideals he had drawn from the philosophers of the French Enlightenment were tempered by his aristocratic insistence on absolute rule.

Many believe that Roberts's insistence on following the rules eventually cost him his job.