Sentence examples for over the insistence from inspiring English sources

But the efforts foundered over the insistence by Islamic and Arab countries that the conference text include wording accusing Israel of racist practices against Palestinians.

In his review of the documentary "Bully," A.O. Scott wades into the debate over the insistence on an R rating by the  Motion Picture Association of America's rating board.

Roche of Switzerland and Akzo Nobel of the Netherlands, among others, opened discussions, but the talks always bogged down over the insistence by Bayer's supervisory board that Bayer retain control of any partnership, a former high-ranking executive said.

But in 1940 he resigned his membership because, he said, he was unhappy over the insistence of Norman Thomas and other Socialist Party leaders that the United States remain neutral in the war in Europe.

The most intractable sticking point is over the insistence of Democrats in the Assembly to allow the public — whistleblowers — to bring Medicaid fraud suits on behalf of the government and share the proceeds.

The conference collapsed over the insistence by Henry and the clergy that they should set the terms of any peace deal, which Stephen found unacceptable.

The problem is that two of the largest, Hyundai Engineering and Construction and Hyundai Electronics Industries, are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, surviving on loans rolled over at the insistence of government officials.

Nothing about Cyril Isaacs's death was easy, from the way he carried it out -- hanging himself with the cord from an electric kettle -- to the distress his widow, Elaine, felt over the authorities' insistence on performing an autopsy.

Sharon Mitchell, the director of the clinic, which is run by the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, said she had handed over the names only at the insistence of a pair of investigators.

What won me over to Judaism was the insistence that our sacred texts were still vivid, still alive, the idea that the Torah and the Talmud were meant to be wrestled with the way Jacob wrestled with the angel.

Sooner than later, we'll want to puzzle over the God's curious insistence on the radical freedom of creation -- its inhabitants and the volatile earth itself; but for now, let's attend to the business of our intimate connection with one another and to the suffering caused by human failure.