Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] insisted that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Republic 's Foreign Minister Dick Spring yesterday insisted that Dublin was not pressing for a US envoy ‘ for the present ’ . |
| 2 | The blurred sense of catastrophe usually insisted that it was both . |
| 3 | A report in an Israeli newspaper yesterday insisted that Reds boss Graeme Souness has told Maccabi : ‘ Give me £500,000 and he 's yours . ’ |
| 4 | Danby later insisted that he had never intended things to go " so far as to settle the Crown on the Prince of Orange " . |
| 5 | His guardian now insisted that the family move to a healthier climate This well-intentioned advice proved disastrous , for within the space of one year in Italy Smith had suffered from frostbite , smallpox and malaria . |
| 6 | The Secretary also insisted that environmental factors were taken into account when planning new road schemes , and praised tree-planting and other " environmental improvements " , such as tunnels for wildlife , carried out during road-building . |
| 7 | Rather more reasonably , the Government also insisted that they raise the interest charge in hire purchase schemes to market rates ( rather than the privileged rates at which the Boards borrowed capital from the Treasury ) . |
| 8 | The South Korean government also insisted that both Kaifu and Akihito should apologize for Japan 's past treatment of Korea . |
| 9 | Detestable stuff , but my Dad always insisted that we had an egg cup full , once a week . |
| 10 | Crawford always insisted that he and Frank Spencer were two completely different people , but it was sometimes difficult to escape the comparisons . |
| 11 | The company also insisted that he learnt a bit about the business he would soon be running , sending him to work in the busy Birmingham store for a month . |
| 12 | The Treasury later insisted that benefits would rise only in line with inflation . |
| 13 | The Centre Party also insisted that Norwegian laws limiting foreign ownership of property and businesses be retained , in the face of EC demands that they be lifted . |
| 14 | The Forum also insisted that the price of supporting Mr Calfa as Prime Minister was to have the leading Slovak human rights activist , Mr Jan Czarnogursky , as first Deputy Prime Minister . |
| 15 | Brophy however insisted that if test-tube fusion holds up it would have such a major impact on society that ‘ Sometimes one has more responsibility to society than to the scientific community . ’ |