Sentence examples for only insisted on from inspiring English sources

In the new coalition, pro-business Abbas has only insisted on one ministry: education (of course).

As computers dictated that more and more futures be sold, the buyers of those futures not only insisted on sharply lower prices but also hedged their positions by selling the underlying stocks.

Always cocksure and confident, when he appeared in panto at the London Palladium, Drake not only insisted on the star dressing room but demanded that it be redecorated and furnished to his own taste.

Even though Fifa only insisted on a minimum of eight stadiums to host the World Cup, Brazil decided to go with 12, such was the interest and demand from all parts of this huge nation to be a part of the tournament.

Furthermore, the late king had only insisted on that oath to protect the stability of the kingdom, and in light of the chaos that might now ensue, Stephen would be justified in ignoring it.

Glib only insisted on taking his beloved friend – the dog.

But what AVID shows is that high minority achievement can be more ordinary when schools not only insist on academic rigor but also offer personal support.

Giving the DSCC veto power over campaign staff "means not only insisting on candidates using often bad consultants, but hand-picked staff from Washington or else face the sharp end of the fundraising bayonet".

Michael Altschul, a senior vice president of CTIA — The Wireless Association, a trade group representing cellphone companies, said the national wireless carriers only insist on a phone remaining locked for the duration of the service contract so they can recover some of the cost of their subsidy that reduces the purchase price of the phone.

They are keen to know what the government intends doing about the neo-nationalists within the LDP who not only insist on making regular visits to Yasukuni shrine, but also want to rewrite the history books again purging them of any reference whatsoever to Japan's wartime atrocities.

Freud not only insists on getting to know his sitters – "If you don't know them, it can only be like a travel book" – but also keeps his subjects under close observation until they reveal, in his words, "the all without which selection itself is not possible".