Sentence examples for measure insisted from inspiring English sources

Dr. Bush, a proponent of the measure, insisted that state laws protect doctors and women from prosecution in emergencies in which a pregnancy has to be ended to save the mother's life.

Mr. McCall, who visited an Israeli settlement in the West Bank and fired an M-16 automatic rifle for good measure, insisted that he went only in his role as state comptroller, checking on pension fund investments in that country.

One politician who backed the measure insisted, however, that it was not an "epidemic in our city," the Youngstown Vindicator reported.

Backers of the measure insist that prostitution is a societal mainstay, a commodity in perennial demand.

Proponents of the measure insist they never intended to put youthful killers to death.

The Jersey City council approved a ban on Sept. 13, but Mayor Bret Schundler vetoed the measure, insisting it was an issue for the state to decide.

Supporters of the new measure insist there is broad support in Russian society for laws meant to protect what they say are Russia's traditional values.

The Organisation for Islamic Cooperation condemns the film and violence in roughly equal measure, insisting on a blasphemy-ban but stopping short of calling for an end to the protests.

Meanwhile, Greece's Socialist government, on the eve of the first nationwide strike against new austerity measures, insisted that it would move ahead as planned.

Europe should be more careful about imposing unpopular measures, insists the Elysée.

Yet many supporters of sovereignty measures insist that party politics and the current economic climate are irrelevant.