Sentences with phrase «also insisted on something»

He also insisted on something else: He wanted to work directly with the chief executive.

Not exact matches

But we've also taken more than 3 million people on low pay out of paying any income tax altogether, something that I insisted on personally in the government.

They also can be a bit quirky about it, insisting on having the same food at every meal — for weeks — and then suddenly refuse to eat it, only wanting something else as their «new favorite».

There may be something to that, however, I suggest that you folks also fall into that category when you insist that the Andy Coulson resignation is more important than the day to day challenges facing people in the UK or has «legs» that will carry it on.

In the lecture entitled «Corruption and Nigeria's Search for Purpose: Fifty Years On», the ICPC chieftain also insisted that «the citizenry must do something about authority stealing because corruption at high levels has a greater impact than petty stealing to which we devote so much energy».

But with so much contradictory information out there (especially on those sites that espouse a lower - carb diet, but also insist that one must eat a lot of animal protein vs. those veg sites that assume that lower - carb = meat - eating), I would like to know if this is something I should continue with or should I re-introduce grains?

The officials have a chilling habit of defusing all complaint, whether face - to - face or on the phone, by insisting that they themselves are not making a ruling — it is all the responsibility of the «decision - maker», as if it is one single person: «decision - maker» is an almost laughably ungainly officialese, which also has something distinctly Orwellian about it.

We also insist on a basic obedience training course being done with our very young dogs, something which older people are sometimes reluctant to do.

But we insist on getting something meaningful in the process for animals, and we also believe in respecting the free and fair election on this subject that occurred less than six months ago.