Sentence examples for insistence on saving from inspiring English sources

His insistence on saving America's problems one soul at a time had the paradoxical effect of giving his rare ventures into politics great force.Twilight of the evangelical popeBut since stepping down as head of Focus on the Family in 2003, he has been spendthrift with the political capital he took so long accumulating.

And we might have remained alienated from him had it not been for his dogged phone calls, his insistence on saving his relationships with us and his suggestion that we visit him in Ecuador.

But several officials involved in the negotiations over the aid package -- in which the state agreed to pay the city's remaining debt from the fiscal crisis of the 1970's and allowed the city to raise its sales and income taxes on top earners -- said Mr. Maltese's insistence on saving the firehouses was a central concern.

What makes this version work — transforming a less-than-great musical into greatly affecting entertainment — is its insistence on the saving graces of the characters' illusions about themselves and, by extension, the illusions of the production in which they appear.

"We're trying to ring that alarm bell," said Mr. Scott, whom people here have come to call the Barn Guy for his insistence on trying to save some of Iowa's 50,000 remaining barns, icons that turned up again and again in a guidebook to the state's landmarks that was produced during the Great Depression and has recently been published online.

Andreessen once famously put the New York Times on deathwatch for its stubborn insistence on trying to save and prolong its legacy print business.

While critics generally praised the game's level design and length, several reacted negatively to the insistence on having to save every Tribal to fully complete the game.

Praise was given to its graphics, sound and original gameplay, while criticism was levelled at the game's difficult controls and insistence on having to save every Tribal to fully complete the game.

He believed it should be the country's monarch inspiring people to sign up, and not him, hence his insistence on the words "God Save the King" at the bottom of many posters.

Was it the insistence on a one-year contract?

"Hopefully this continuing insistence on reform will help the UN to save itself and stop becoming more and more marginalised," said Stephen Browne, the co-director of Funds.