Our insistence on the highest ethical standards makes us a company customers want to do business with. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The insistence of their hunger. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"She does not wish to speak with you, and your insistence is insult.". From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 40] Reference
His insistence is that voters focus on the top of the ticket (McCain). From Wordnik.com. [Desperately Seeking Sarah] Reference
To this end, Israel's challenge and insistence is a deliberate attempt to change the law. From Wordnik.com. [Noura Erakat: Collective Punishment or Not, Gaza Blockade Illegal] Reference
“I refer to your insistence that your wife be a full-spectrum prism, among other things.”. From Wordnik.com. [Orchid] Reference
But your support and loyalty and if I may use the word insistence ultimately required that I keep going. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
They told him, with a certain insistence, that was half appeal for belief, half challenge for contradiction, how much they were going to enjoy their idleness. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much Gold] Reference
At the same time, this quality of aesthetic insistence is contrary to the nature of an aesthetic judgment which presents itself as something singular and instantaneous. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction: 'The Power is There': Romanticism as Aesthetic Insistence] Reference
Beyond its more recent — and certainly relevant — role in Lacanian psychoanalytic discourse as an English translation ofinstance, insistence is defined by the OED as the very. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction: 'The Power is There': Romanticism as Aesthetic Insistence] Reference
WILL, your frightened apprehensive self-insistence, that is what I want. From Wordnik.com. [Women in Love] Reference
You must recall your insistence that there were things growing over his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Every living thing]
Recall her insistence that any report of single life that differs from her own is disingenuous. From Wordnik.com. [Bella DePaulo: "Marry Him!": Atlantic Magazine Back-of-the-Book Backlash Porn] Reference
I also recall his insistence on replacing our coffee cups and drink tumblers with ceramic mugs bearing the New England Patriots logo. From Wordnik.com. [BestScienceFictionStories.com » Post Topic » The Fate of Nations by James Morrow] Reference
He insisted that jacketing, no matter how prolonged, could never kill me; and his insistence was a challenge to the Warden to continue the attempt. From Wordnik.com. [The Jacket (Star-Rover)] Reference
I challenge the dba's to defend in financial terms their insistence on stored procedure data access and likewise the ORM developers can do the reverse. From Wordnik.com. [blogs.conchango.com] Reference
Q What I'm trying to gauge is to what extent this dovetails with the President's insistence, which is not new, for Arafat to do more to prevent these things. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
What kind of insistence is there around the world about assimilation in those places?. From Wordnik.com. [Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity] Reference
During Thursday's committee meeting, Holomisa questioned the timing of Zuma's complaint and Mushwana's "insistence" to investigate. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
What has emerged is a new kind of insistence on privacy by teens, who can put up fences around their personal lives by using not just social media technology but also its culture. From Wordnik.com. [Marian Salzman: The Transformation of American Youth: From Teenager to Teenagent] Reference
That insistence is a measure of his character. From Wordnik.com. [October 2004] Reference
This kind of insistence can also be found in other related laws such as the Official Information Act of 1997. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation - Breaking News] Reference
"Could you?" repeated Robert, and there was in his voice that masculine insistence which is a true note of nature, and means the subjugation of the feminine into harmony. From Wordnik.com. [The Portion of Labor] Reference
At Blair's insistence, Putin will also meet with Queen Elizabeth. From Wordnik.com. [Back To Moscow To Start Start Iii] Reference
At the Pentagon's insistence, the rules of engagement are liberal. From Wordnik.com. [Shipping Out] Reference
They also revealed that, at Elizabeth's insistence, John's campaign would continue as planned. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A New Struggle for Edwards] Reference
At his insistence, I explain that gold and black is Purdue, green and white is Michigan State. From Wordnik.com. [My Farewell To Fandom] Reference
The very vehemence of voter insistence that this isn't about race testifies to its power as a positive force. From Wordnik.com. [Why Powell's Race Matters] Reference
Perhaps Serdyukov's most important move has been to take on the military's insistence on universal conscription. From Wordnik.com. [A New Model Army] Reference
It's hard to give credence to NYC2012's insistence that they must have the shovels in the ground before the vote. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Race for 2012] Reference
So was his insistence that royal tradition and bureaucratic red tape not get in the way of a proper "people's funeral.". From Wordnik.com. [Getting The Hang Of Power] Reference
At Maddox's insistence, we took the same route each day down to the First National Bank Building, where he kept an office. From Wordnik.com. [American Odyssey] Reference
The news didn't silence the insistence of Russia's propaganda organs that the slaying was the work of the right-wing "gangsters.". From Wordnik.com. [The Day Kennedy Died] Reference
Early on, his insistence on confidentiality helped accomplish a small miracle: getting the spin-crazy adversaries to stop the leaks. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Real About A Deal] Reference
At the insistence of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the G-8's leaders will discuss creating jobs by promoting economic flexibility. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Woman's World] Reference
As such, it's also the most tightly wound, the densest, the most uncompromising in its insistence that the truth cannot be spoken directly. From Wordnik.com. [Phantoms In The Dark] Reference
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