Example sentences of "insisted on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way home , Elaine sang some old favourites out of tune , and James insisted on a loud rendition of crude rugby songs . |
| 2 | The EC also insisted on a biannual monitoring of Rover 's hitherto secret five-year corporate plan , in order to confirm that the money allocated for restructuring was being spent on that . |
| 3 | While the Georgian delegation called for a return to military positions occupied prior to Oct. 1 , the Abkhazians insisted on a complete withdrawal of Georgian troops from their territory . |
| 4 | By then , however , such was the devastation of churches and church lands that although the York clergy granted a tenth , which was to be collected in two instalments during 1317 ( a delay eloquent of their difficulties ) , they successfully insisted on a revised valuation of their livings : instead of the tenth being levied on the 1291 valor , compiled before the Scottish war began , it was to be calculated according to the true current valuation of livings , a reduced level which endured for the rest of the Middle Ages . |
| 5 | This year , we also insisted on a substantial strengthening of the nature of the health warnings put on packets and on any tobacco advertising . |
| 6 | It insisted on a total abstention from not only spirits but beer , the staple drink of the working man . |
| 7 | The US-led group insisted on a specific policy commitment to cut internal support for agriculture , to reduce barriers to farm imports and to phase out extra subsidies . |
| 8 | Lawyer B insisted on a nominal maintenance being included , on the grounds that this could then be increased if , say , she became ill and unable to work . |
| 9 | On 3 July 1658 Pierre Pérignon entered the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Vanne at Verdun , a congregation founded by Dom Didier de la Cour ( 1550–1623 ) , a strict monk who insisted on a high degree of learning and intellectual activity . |
| 10 | He probably reprogrammed the courier I sent for her , insisted on a hidden message-box to record her arrival , the whole works . |
| 11 | Initially reluctant to tackle the area of post-war policy ( doubtless with thoughts of Lloyd George 's empty words of a quarter-century previously ) , when he did so he insisted on a full-blooded promise over the opposition of many in his party and administration . |
| 12 | After one such visit she insisted on a chaste goodbye kiss . |
| 13 | It was Spurgeon who insisted on a classical design by which he meant a rectangular building with portico and six Corinthian columns . |
| 14 | The inquest had been adjourned in August after the hospital insisted on a independent pathologist 's report but Ian Gilmour , QC , for the Cardiothoracic Centre NHS Trust , said that the post mortem findings were not being challenged . |
| 15 | The United States accepted the idea of minor border rectifications , while the Soviet Union insisted on an absolute withdrawal . |
| 16 | The bankers insisted on an alternative agreement which safeguarded Panama 's " judicial sovereignty " , claiming that the real US objective was to stop US tax evasion . |
| 17 | Planning officials insisted on an environmental assessment being carried out when the scheme was first mooted more than two years ago . |
| 18 | But Garvey insisted on an outdoor performance . |
| 19 | On the other side , faithful to the spirit of the UDC 's liberal internationalism , Labour insisted on an early return to unrestricted free trade . |
| 20 | Steven suggested Spenser and Shakespeare , with perhaps Scott and Hardy , and if I insisted on an up-to-date author , William Goulding . |
| 21 | The Matiba faction demanded a direct secret ballot of all party members while Odinga insisted on an indirect method . |