Sentence examples for insists not only from inspiring English sources

Once he swaggers into view, he insists not only on being seen but on being remembered.

Michael Gove insists not only that grammar should be given priority in primary schools, but that there is one correct grammar, unchanging and constantly right.

In a culture that insists not only on secrecy but also on absolute fealty to a single leader, speaking out against him is tantamount to treason.

Everett, once a devotee of Chomskyan linguistics, insists not only that Pirahã is a "severe counterexample" to the theory of universal grammar but also that it is not an isolated case.

But the material in the statement that insists not only on the purity of Guru and Solar's friendship, but also on the pre-eminence on their musical work together, doesn't read like the last will and testimony of a dying man, especially of a man trying to make peace with a partner, DJ Premier, who is beloved in the hip-hop community and has offered nothing but dignified support for Guru.

This is what may explain why Rawls insists not only on general knowledge, but also on mutual knowledge.

But critics of the Clinton administration's aid package insist not only that those restrictions be strengthened, but that new oversight mechanisms be included.

Nonetheless, in a long line of cases the Supreme Court has insisted not only that government should not help in advancing religion, but that it should avoid "excessive entanglement" in it.

Asked about the tax returns showing that he has had accounts in places sometimes associated with tax evasion, Mr. Romney insisted not only that he had paid all taxes legally due but also that those accounts had saved him nothing.

He fell out with Freud and alienated his peers by insisting not only that orgasms were a panacea, but also that psychoanalysis should be a tool for social change.

Because he insisted not only on correct usage but also on morality and piety, the illustrations of words often come from sermons and conduct books as well as from a range of literature.