Sentence examples for insistence on something from inspiring English sources

But General Petraeus is seeking to balance demands from the military with the White House's insistence on something more than cosmetic withdrawals in July.

"Back then there was this insistence on something like an alternative to capitalism," says Greif, "an opposition to major labels and pop; you could make your album on a small unknown label and it would only be sold for cheap.

And the conviction is widespread that those who fail to act quickly today may not be around to act with more forethought tomorrow hence the insistence on doing something, anything, whatever the price.

Woodson's insistence on fundamentals spoke to something in the way I was raised.

For all its insistence on exuberance, there is something brittle, like china, about Ponsot's style.

Mr. Lebedev said advertisers had been reassured by the paper's insistence on maintaining journalistic quality — something that is not a hallmark of free publications.

This insistence on all artists performing something new was a deliberate, immediately recognisable - and to some artists, shocking - policy that I implemented in my first year in order to emphasise the importance of the living composer.

Hume roundly criticizes Hobbes for his insistence on psychological egoism or something close to it, and for his dismal, violent picture of a state of nature.

I figured my insistence on living like a 20-something would compensate for our age difference.

So Thomas's public insistence that he will remain with the Knicks may be based on something more than bluster.

"Such erosion of unit cohesion is avoided by the military's present insistence on inclusive prayer at interfaith gatherings — something that the House legislation would operate against".