Sentences with phrase «insist on a change»

Martin Moen, the director general at Global Affairs Canada who oversees North American trade policy, told a conference in Ottawa earlier this month that it would be «very difficult to see a path forward» for NAFTA if the U.S. continued to insist on changes that would constrain cross-border commerce, such as a the suggestion that the value of U.S. government contracts won by Canadian and Mexican firms should match the value of contracts American companies secure in Canada and Mexico.

Is it not the case in fact that the Maoists are right in insisting on changing the basic material conditions of life before attempting the subtler cultivation of character through interpersonal rhythms and that the traditional approaches of both Confucianism and Taoism were counterrevolutionary?

They are lighter than bigger mattresses, and make it easy to move around if you insist on changing up your space.

Campaign group Republic said the «Queen's and Prince's consent» rule gives the Prince of Wales an effective veto on legislation, which allows Charles to insist on changes to laws which affect his private interests.

At a Social Market Foundation fringe meeting on Tuesday, Tom Brake, the Lib Dem home affairs spokesman, suggested Downing Street had insisted on changing the name to the «legal aid, sentencing and punishment bill» in order to «give the right image to the Daily Mail and the Daily Express».

Then it insisted on changing all references to environmentally sound technology to «safe and sound» technology, which was widely taken as an attack on nuclear power.

«Keep doing whatever you're doing if it makes you happy, because there's not really enough evidence to insist on changes.»

In fact it was not certain until the last minute whether we would get to see it, for apparently the censors had insisted on some changes, including the removal of some scenes featuring the film's beautiful female protagonist, Hanieh, played by Golshifteh Farahani.

Hooper asks incredulously after he's told that a band called Shithead recorded the ending theme), but also «credit» Hooper with insisting on changes to their screenplay that stick out like a sore thumb, such as the elimination of a passage of time between the prologue and our introduction to the Barrows that more or less imposes an awkward real - time gimmick on the proceedings.

If the President still refuses, Congress must insist on a change in policy.

It was the youngsters who insisted on changing their lunch break time so as not to prolong meals being warmed by an electric food warmer — pupil power in action.

Reformers are skeptical, thinking that schools will pocket the money and never deliver on the unpleasant stuff, so they insist on change, tests, and consequences sooner rather than later.

Be prepared to insist on the change to parents if you want to make the move completely — any initial doubters are almost always complete converts in the long run.

The schools that successfully convert to a «cash free» environment do so by communicating this effectively with parents and staff, and then insisting on the change and refusing to accept payments by cash and cheque from a set date.»

In the recent past it was not always seen as relevant to schools as it was financially prohibitive — as LED lights where very expensive and fledgling LED companies would often insist on changing the whole school in one go.

If you insist on changing gears yourself you'll need 5.4 seconds to reach triple figures.

And if they did, shareholders obviously need to speak up & insist on a change of strategy.

The poll found that three out of four employees said they would insist on change if they saw an obviously wasteful practice at work.

(If reviewer criticisms are judged to be valid, journals will insist on changes as a condition of publication.)

Fair enough, Judith, but what about the accusation that Steig anonymously insisted on changes to O'Donnell et al that he later used to disparage the paper?

I leave with this thought: if clients don't insist on change now, why will they hire based on that differentiator if the pitch is made by a professional seller?

The clients who insist on these changes have usually shown their resume to friends and colleagues who have made numerous suggestions - many of which contradict each other and none of which are based on anything other than personal preference.

Not exact matches

But Little insists, and this new research supports, that people's personalities can and do change based on circumstances and passion.

After her proven success in making changes, the pressure is on for companies to respond quickly — even if they insist they aren't doing anything wrong.

But companies at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday in San Francisco insisted the money won't fundamentally change their plans for putting capital to work.

The White House has insisted that it made only a «stylistic» change to the intelligence agency talking points from which Rice suggested on five Sunday talk shows that demonstrations over an anti-Islamic video devolved into the Benghazi attack.

But in March, facing crises on multiple fronts, top officials convened a call for reporters to insist that Uber was changing its culture and would no longer tolerate «brilliant jerks.»

New Zealand has long hoped Canada would change its ways, even insisting in 2011 Ottawa could not join the Trans - Pacific Partnership talks unless it put its «supply management» protections on the table.

The report, hinged on the implications of climate change, came at a time when energy experts were insisting that unless countries drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions by moving away from fossil fuels, climate change would remain inevitable.

Germany insists on Greek lawmakers taking the first step by passing economic policy changes before the German lower house of parliament will agree to a revised aid deal.

While I correctly anticipated the credit crisis (see Critical Point for a reminder), the unwise response of policymakers — defend the bondholders, avoid debt restructuring, change accounting rules, extend, and pretend — virtually ensured years of economic headwinds, and led me to insist on making our approach robust to even Depression - era outcomes.

There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion and religious believers in the name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.

Sullivan, on the other hand, insists that his homosexuality is a matter of great public moment, and demands a radical change in centuries of family law to accommodate same - sex «marriage.»

«The problem with fundamentalists insisting on a literal interpretation of the Bible is that the meaning of words change.

To sum up: Until the World Organization of the Scout Movement drops its current requirements and the Girl Scouts stop insisting that they still think duty to God - or - something - just - like - God is essential to Scouting, I wouldn't bet on the Boy Scouts making any significant changes here.

I would expect those people to object to such change and the loss of their livelihood if they insist on not changing.

The Second Vatican Council, in insisting in the document on Ecumenism that there can be no change or concession within the Church Catholic in matters of doctrine of faith and morals, has equivalently informed us in the name of the Holy Spirit, that it is the will of God to give to His Church and to His people who «seek Him with a sincere heart» just such new knowledge, new vision, and new unity.

Barr is surely right in insisting that while fundamentalists have made many changes in style (as evidenced, for example, by Christianity Today) on the theological level and especially with regard to biblical interpretation, there is more continuity than discontinuity.

This could change, of course, if large numbers of the newly ordained insist on preaching sermons on contraception every Sunday.

The first major shift came in the late»60s, with the arrival of the various liberation theologies, which are still growing and changing as more and different voices from the underside of history insist on being heard.

On one hand you insist that «modern methods» can unequivocally change any gay man to a straight man, now you say that there are those «unable to change»... this is a contradiction.

Downing Street has insisted there is no change in the Government's policy on the public sector pay cap, after mounting Cabinet pressure for the 1 per cent limit on annual rises to be eased.

He insists on the need for honest debate as we struggle toward «new foundations and new rules» in the face of the institutional changes and the uncertainties that have swept our nation over the past generation.

If Andrew changes his name to Andrea and insists on being referred to through female personal pronouns, it is not necessary to argue whether he is or is not female.

Even when recognizing the fact that the Church has modified the tradition of the ministry of Jesus, the tendency is always to insist that the tradition is basically historical, and the modification and reinterpretation was made necessary by the changing circumstances (for example, to apply the teaching on marriage and divorce in Mark 10 to Roman marital conditions), and that it does not do violence to the original.

I am obsessed with sweet potato but my boyfriend is a little fed up with my lack of variations (he once insisted we have normal potato chips on a dinner date) hopefully this'll change his mind xx

Of course, Guardiola will insist his focus is purely on maintaining his team's form so they can push on and win the Premier League title, with plenty of time left for things to change this season.

The real reason behind our collapse is wenger himself who have been so adamant enough to change for good but rather insist on tackling the same problem with the same solution every season and still expect different result.

The former Porto boss insisted that no coach can fare better at Chelsea, with only Hiddink leaving the club on his own accord in the last nine years as Roman Abramovich has not been shy in making changes that he feels are necessary.

There has been plenty of talk about the Red Devils boss making wholesale changes as he looks to prioritise the Europa League competition this week, and he has insisted on three separate occasions now that he will be rotating his players for Sunday's encounter.