Example sentences of "'s insistence that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same fact was responsible for Dennis 's insistence that we should take to the water . |
| 2 | In order to try and comply with the Sports Council 's insistence that we need to shorten our teacher training , the new students will follow a more intensive programme , scheduled on more frequent training days , to be known as Course II . |
| 3 | Flames of doubt were fanned by the crew 's insistence that they had activated the emergency radio beacon for a week , though it was not picked up . |
| 4 | They were not swayed by the Coal Board 's insistence that they could do what they wanted any more than by the unions ' claims about the threatened mines . |
| 5 | Back then he had argued with his son : had denied Yuan 's insistence that they were the gaolers of Tsao Ch'un 's City , the inheritors of a system which shaped them for ill . |
| 6 | Still , Huy had answered Surere 's summons , had even given in to the messenger 's insistence that they travel in the closed rickshaw , so that he would not be able to tell where they were going . |
| 7 | I yearned for Laurie and raged at the injustice of Jo 's making do with the elderly Professor Behr , unconvinced by the book 's insistence that she was happy . |
| 8 | It was at Ariel 's insistence that she was buried there in a cenote , the kind of grave the islanders reserved for their prophets , and Kit had yielded to her , even though it was well inside the stockade . |
| 9 | Brenda 's cheeks still burned with shame when she remembered her mother 's insistence that she should visit Hoggatt 's to see where her daughter was going to work , although Chief Inspector Martin , the Senior Police Liaison Officer , had apparently thought it perfectly reasonable . |
| 10 | She took over the phone in a vain attempt to replace Dana , only to admit defeat late on Thursday evening when she was forced , reluctantly , to agree to Myra 's insistence that she wear the wedding gown herself . |
| 11 | Her grandfather 's insistence that she was free to go out into the world now and take a course of training was so much nonsense . |
| 12 | These have been the Saturn years — during which that planet 's insistence that you measure up to your potential has placed hurdles of all sorts in your way . |
| 13 | After Jacobs Suchard 's failed bid for Rowntree in 1989 ( the company went to Nestlé instead ) , a merger with Cadbury was entertained , but foundered on Cadbury 's insistence that it was the senior partner . |
| 14 | It is unapologetically autobiographical and her frankness about her fictionalized feelings for Frend won her notoriety , despite the preface 's insistence that it was ‘ calculated to operate as a warning , rather than as an example ’ . |
| 15 | The delay in unveiling his initiative in full was caused by the Irish government 's insistence that it should be guaranteed involvement at an early stage in the talks . |
| 16 | The ANC also firmly rejected the government 's insistence that it disband its armed wing , Umkhonto we Sizwe ( MK ) , before a full transitional government was in place . |
| 17 | Here Rank 's insistence that he was in films to make money , that he would n't interfere because he knew nothing about production , was challenged by his lack of vision and , eventually , his weak stomach for full-blooded costume melodrama . |
| 18 | Labour 's apparent shift towards PR to woo the Liberals , Ashdown 's insistence that he would allow a government to function only if it gave way to PR , all seemed to point to a deal being hatched up behind the backs of the voters to secure power for the opposition parties . |
| 19 | Gorbachev 's talk of perestroika was met by Ceauşescu 's insistence that he was ‘ perfecting ’ the functioning of socialism in Romania . |
| 20 | But Neath are backing the player 's insistence that he merely took a cold remedy . |
| 21 | David was urged on by Beth 's insistence that he ‘ talk some sense into the boy , or watch him go from bad to worse ’ . |
| 22 | I was forced to put Micky Deere between the posts and the referee 's insistence that he remove his bi-focals meant he was two fathoms below useless . |
| 23 | Throughout the war , Generalísimo Franco 's insistence that he would be satisfied only with total victory and the ruthlessness with which he pursued that objective had made it clear that , if the Nationalists won , there would be no forgiving or forgetting . |
| 24 | I remember very well Ben 's insistence that he wanted to retain that quartet . |
| 25 | So after completing my National Service , I did all the things that everybody does when they 're trying to break into show business , urged on by my father 's insistence that I found employment of some sort — ‘ Get a job , any job , just get one ! |