Finally, students should persist in the desired behavior.
For a time, Bigelow persisted in his stated desire to have his sentence carried out.
While it is true that, if you decline my upgrade offer and persist in your desire to return your ICS1900, my commission must be refunded, by me, to Mr. Ames, it is no big deal, I have certainly refunded commissions to Mr. Ames before, especially lately..
As if that weren't enough, we ultimately learned that it's simply a lot less emotionally painful and mentally taxing to persist in our desires if we're just going to be let down in the end.
They have persisted in issuing, despite our fervent desire not to hear them, warnings about climate change, deforestation, rising seas, water scarcity, the extinction of plant and animal species, food insecurity, and the acidification of the oceans, whatever that is.
Perhaps she is strongly motivated to donate and that motivation would have persisted in the face of strong countervailing desires, had she possessed any, and indeed would have over-ridden those desires.
"She knew full well the enormity of her offense," Finch tells the jury, in his summation, "but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it".
Could it be that we've persisted in attending these absurd and outdated outings simply as a result of some misplaced desire to preserve tradition or demonstrate courtesy?
We have reminded them of our fervent desire to go on living without rule or regulation, and yet they have persisted in their belief that only concerted government action can save humanity.
Others persisted in new forms.
However, petitioner persisted in her refusal.
