Sentence examples for insistence to be from inspiring English sources

"I think it's possible that her own insistence to be recognised for the adult novels slackened a bit because she was having such a fulfilling career as a children's book author".

The undercurrents of the contemporary Syrian uprising can be seen in the women's insistence to be educated and to think for themselves.

Her beloved protector, the Great Dane himself, is perched between us, giant right paw on the arm of her chair, left paw on mine, mammoth head turned upward to Ramon who had come to the table, at Irene's insistence, to be photographed with us.

Somewhere in all of the expansion plans, Ambrosio, the bohemian creator, claimed (though I would later find out that this claim was contested by Julían with equal insistence) to have been duped, tricked into signing his name to a contract and relinquishing ownership of the company.

Dr. Carlotta Berry wrote of her insistence and expectation to be called Dr. Berry in the classroom.

While this ownership could feasibly increase the financial outlook of the family estate, at Shaftesbury's insistence, water continues to be extracted from the lough at no charge to either the citizens or civic government of Northern Ireland.

There was no insistence that he had to be picked".

Others found her style, and especially her insistence on complete retraining, to be dogmatic.

She was militant in her demand for justice for African Americans and in her insistence that it was to be won by their own efforts.

Not everyone agrees with the British government's insistence that nuclear has to be the way forward.

But adult life, of course, is a series of compromises and negotations, and I find the moral insistence of these songs to be wholly admirable, if unworldly.