Sentences with phrase «by insisting on»

I annoyed my family by insisting on having antique fireplaces, reclaimed flooring and even salvaged roof tiles.»

You are not «rocking the boat» by insisting on selecting your own independent title firm.

We need to start this process by insisting on having a CREA President who isn't reluctant to speak up and out regularly, about what members are saying and what seems to be clear from a consensus perspective.

The nature of the function as designed enables parenting coordinators to churn money by insisting on all manner of crap that involves them, under circumstances in which their decisions can not be second - guessed, even by a judge.

You claim that it is not in my children's best interest to potentially allow them to feel «undervalued» by insisting on reconciliation with me their father and everyone else on my side of the family.

Also, the Mediator should begin by insisting on full disclosure.

Alternatively, these adolescents may change their socialization actively by being more proactive in their pursuit of R - rated movies, by insisting on watching them, or by watching them without permission.

Minimizing any company liability associated with any purchases by insisting on certificates of Insurance and guarantees.

when a prospective licensee constructively refuses to negotiate (for example, by insisting on terms clearly outside the bounds of what could be considered to be FRAND terms) or

Simon concluded by insisting on the importance of RSS feeds and predicted that the Supreme Court of Canada will offer RSS feeds at some point in the future for its decisions and for new content.

The Appellant submitted that if it was entitled to the supervision fee, it was not in breach of contract by insisting on the fee's payment.

A labour and employment lawyer dealt with counsel who was particularly rude to her over the phone by insisting on only communicating with him in writing.

By insisting on meaningful consultation with First Nations as a condition of the Energy East Pipeline proceeding, Quebec Premier Couillard and Ontario Premier Wynne are not, as Newman accuses them, «playing a dangerous game» — they are signalling their governments» intention to fulfil their constitutional obligations to Aboriginal peoples.

Sumner argued he was effectively kidnapped by police when wrongfully arrested in 2007 with Kochis engaging in extortion and torture «by insisting on the settlement / release before agreeing to the Deceleration of Factual Innocence.»

Jolly - Ryan, supra n. 2, at 124 («Although the student may be a promising future lawyer, professors often give the impression of inadequacy by insisting on high achievement in law school activities that might have little relevance to the student's future practice area.

Nonetheless, we certainly don't have individuals «draining» the medical system by insisting on self - care.

«Are boards sacrificing industry knowledge by insisting on the highest levels of independence?

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Law firms that fail to do so will go the way of Dewey & LeBoeuf, doomed to fail in a new world economy by insisting on practicing law as if it were business as usual.

Neither party may walk away from the deal unless the other party has demonstrated an unwillingness to be bound by the terms of the agreement by insisting on terms which were not agreed upon or are not reasonably implied in the circumstances.

The college paper gains nothing from keeping a stale story online, and indeed, loses some credibility by insisting on doing so without at least offering an update.

By insisting on two degrees — about 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit — the accord ratified positions taken earlier in 2009 by the G8, and the so - called Major Economies Forum.

Medical ethics protects them by insisting on first obtaining their informed consent.

(Amazon.de, not com because pocket book...) The warmists do not recognize this tipping point by insisting on the old warming trend of before 2000 and putting it onto the future.....

US CLIVAR will help achieve better communication, development, evaluation, and exploitation of models by insisting on improvements in the practices of model documentation and comparable quantitative evaluation.

I personally would never follow your advice about anything because you've destroyed your own credibility by insisting on propagating misleading and inaccurate rumors about PV technology, but perhaps you're better informed about nuclear energy.

MS I never had much interest in the «transgression» of running with Abstract Expressionism, but your work does, at times, feel perilous by insisting on expression as the end goal of a painting.

Unlike Morris Louis or the other poured and stained Color Field painters, Sam makes her viewers unable to consider the work as a window into something or a transportation to another place by insisting on the visual reality that they are staring at a piece of cloth mounted onto some wood.

But while his description introduces an essential shift by insisting on the process of creation as an important element to be taken into account when viewing a painting, it is not precise enough.

Front Gallery: In Spite of This «What is given is a light play — a kind of skit for the gallery — achieved by insisting on improvisational handling.»

American Artist's legal name change serves as the basis of an ambivalent practice — one of declaration: by insisting on the visibility of blackness as descriptive of an american artist, and erasure: anonymity in virtual spaces where «American Artist» is an anonymous name, unable to be googled or validated by a computer as a person's name.

Gerhard Hoehme's Cimbalom from 1966, a picture box with strung painted clotheslines, is framed by two assemblages by Peter Roehr, which counter Hoehme's gestural Art Informel «painting» by insisting on the principle of an anonymous serial order.

We do ourselves, and cats, a huge disservice by insisting on perpetuating stereotypes.

But by insisting on it you will be encouraging that as the «way it should be» and doing what is in your power for the welfare of dogs.

Or that by insisting on processes which take more time (home visits for example) or narrow the pool of potential adopters through rules (no small children, or no full time workers) we're actually causing the deaths of pets because we're holding our current rescue pets longer, or reducing the potential numbers of homes?

Owners of pets who have been injured during their grooming sessions are beginning to seek changes by insisting on regulation of the pet grooming industry.

Erika Penner, a certified financial planner in Vancouver, says even happily married couples should stay up to date on each other's finances by insisting on a detailed rundown at least once a year.

They seek to accomplish these objectives by insisting on selling the securities that have reached their intrinsic values in favor of those that are undervalued.

You may miss out on the deal of a lifetime by insisting on taking your time to have a lawyer check it out — but it's more likely you just saved yourself from an expensive mistake.

It's that wonderful retailer walled garden phenomenon; and those walls are something publishers helped create by insisting on locking their books inside DRM.

Indeed, another way to look at this is that by insisting on these higher ebook prices (compared with 2008 and 2009), the publishers have wrapped up another 30 % of the bestseller list, attached a bow, and given it away to indie authors.

«Apple really turned off the magazine publishers by insisting on 30 % of revenue,» he said.

But as the textbook publishers rethink their current materials to meet these standards and as those companies keep the material open in order to make upgrades, this would be a perfect time for England to also update its technology education standards by insisting on digital textbooks.

Claudette seemed to be the only person who was hell bent on fighting the sense that she could not come together as a whole person by insisting on living her life on her very own terms.

By insisting on blindly continuing to spend copious amounts of money on print runs, only to have them end up as pulp after they have been remaindered by the dwindling number of book shops through low sales, over the far cheaper and fastest growing area within literature today — the eBook, does you no favours whatsoever.

Locally, the unions keep talented teachers from entering and staying in the profession by insisting on a quality - blind way of paying them.

Not only have we «changed the conversation» about the teaching profession, as William Lowe Boyd and Jillian Reese note («Great Expectations,» features, Spring 2006), but we are building market demand in American education by insisting on excellence that is tied to student learning.

, Spring 2006), but we are building market demand in American education by insisting on excellence that is tied to student learning.

Many Democrats, for example, are currying favor with union interests by insisting on less student testing and more federal funding.

And we thought that the parents of middle - and upper - income youngsters would take care of their interests politically in the states by insisting on appropriate standards.