Sentence examples for like the insistence from inspiring English sources

The problem is not so much the strictness of the regulations as their lack of consistency: each region has its own rules -- like the insistence of Midwestern states that gasoline include corn-derived ethanol -- fragmenting the nation's production.

Like the insistence on overly broad claims of secrecy, it also avoids an important step toward accountability, which is the only way to ensure that the abuses of the Bush years are never repeated.

Much like the insistence of Nora who walks out on Torvald, the time for resolve is now; it is imperative for the American people to be equally decisive.

Which, OK, great: it's good they've gone for total reinvention, but there are some modern teen TV tropes that have snuck in that just don't need to be there – like the insistence on depicting wokeness for its own sake; for example, the Gen Z-ish side-plot in the first episode, which shows Sabrina trying to establish a "women supporting women" society at her school, after a friend is bullied.

The Palestinian insistence on the right of return, exactly like the Israeli insistence on the settlements - by now I was almost shouting - holds up the solution interminably.

Or troublesome refinements like the European insistence that children keep clean".

One lengthy section, on the cooperation of foreign governments like Saudi Arabia, was deleted at the insistence of the administration.

Helen Dunmore is also a poet, and her prose is like poetry in its precision: the insistence on the right word, the right pause to create the mood.

The insistence of people like Dick Cheney that terrorism and crime belong in two separate boxes puts us in strange places, logically.

Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com went on to say: We were amazed by the insistence of guys like former Broncos offensive lineman Mark Schlereth that the videotapes created by Matt Walsh were used in the same game.

He also defended China's position on another sticking point – the insistence by countries like the US and Australia that the Paris agreement should start the process of shifting all countries to a common system of reporting and reviewing emission reductions.