Sentence examples for insists half from inspiring English sources
"No, no, I am serious," Chomet insists, half in outrage.
"I need you to believe me," he insists, half assurance, half threat.
It's not, he insists, one half of a novelty film.
He insists about half of the analysts they call are willing to share their unofficial forecasts.
"I'm not consciously going to insist on half men and half women," Ms. Hughes said.
"I've always been thinnish," Munro insists, only half-jokingly.
The previous chancellor, Harold O. Levy, had insisted that half the time go to training and half to instruction.
To pay for the two month delay in implementing the sequester that was part of the "Fiscal Cliff" deal, the President insisted that half of the costs come from new revenue -- and half of any cuts come from the Military budget.
On a first visit, a waiter said they'd be glad to make them; on our return, the headwaiter insisted that half portions weren't available, then relented.
Hours before Rangers filed for administration, Celtic's chief executive, Peter Lawwell had insisted his half of the rivalry could survive without the other, almost emulating the intentions of Murray more than 15 years ago upon his inflammatory comment regarding Celtic's threatened solvency.
[R06, female 'assistant nurse' for 7 years] … and for those that they will insist buying half drugs, I don't always like to sell drugs that you will not buy the complete treatment, because I know the side effect.
