Sentences with phrase «insisting on holding»

with so much money in cash reserves perhaps Stan Kroenke is insisting on holding ever bigger amounts in Arsenal in order to satisfy his creditors elsewhere that he always has a large supply of cash on tap if he should need to call on it kroenke completed his Rams takeover with an acquisition of 60 % of its share capital in August 2010, less than eight months before paying # 250 million to take his shareholding in Arsenal beyond 60 % when the global financial system was in crisis

Institutional investors (such as pension funds) routinely insist on holding only highly - rated securities, so a downgrade can force them to sell that issuer's bonds.

Often it is people who live in middle - class or affluent neighborhoods that are relatively free of violent crime who insist on holding a «root - cause» seminar while people are dying in the streets.

If we insist on holding God responsible for fortune and misfortune, health and disease, life and death, and if we also believe that God is loving, then how is it possible to explain undeserved suffering?

He did not insist on holding to any particular Christology or doctrine of the Trinity, for example.

In many cases the husband pursues his wife and wants her back — not that he intends to stop beating her, but chiefly because he insists on holding his family together.

But he was willing to hold — insisted on holding, for plausible reasons — that the role of a referendum proponent does not confer standing to represent the constitutionality of state law in federal court.

Never learned how to use his low center of gravity and insists on holding onto the ball too long... But he's the future captn.

Falling was not an option for her, and she insisted on holding onto my hands — both of them — for three solid months.

She loves soap and insists on holding a bar of soap for the duration of bathtime.

Against Eizik's wishes, he insists on holding the ceremony in his humble apartment, seizing on the chance to prove himself as both a dutiful father and a man of faith.

Having taken over the case, he scoffs at the kidnappers» initial demand of $ 3 million and insists on holding out for a paltry $ 600,000.

The three decide to split the money, but one of the brothers insists on holding on to it before everyone gets their share in order for some time to pass to see if anyone will suspect them.

This time it's the mild mannered Stu who's tying the knot, a plot necessity that takes the form of a beautiful Asian American woman (Jamie Chung) whose father despises Stu and insists on holding the wedding in his native Thailand.

I already knew that there was power in assumption, but I learned a lot about what happens when you insist on holding to positive intent, and I learned about how to get there.

«As we move this work forward, we will continue to embrace a culture of excellence with equity — one where we insist on holding high expectations for every child and every adult no matter the circumstance, while providing the unique support they need to meet and exceed those high expectations,» they wrote.

If this concept in reading takes off (pun intended) and if lawmakers insist on holding to strict regulations on the use of mobile devices during air travel, there is potential for a surge in not only print - reading, but also a shift towards more books being written with an intentional audience already in mind.

I guess it depends on whether you think your parents would be likely to consent under reasonable circumstances, or to insist on holding the property against your best interests.

Instead, they insist on holding up as models executives cut from a McKinsey & Company cookie cutter.»

It's a freeform stealth system that is flexible and works well, creating satisfying gameplay that doesn't insist on holding your hand every foot of the way.

That's why people are so upset with her and insist on holding her to a higher standard than your typical science - illiterate denialist such as Montford, whose book she apparently believes to be a more reliable source of information on climate science than the work and statements of her peers...

If you insist on holding out for the perfect ETS or carbon tax totally free of political compromise or industry kickbacks then your intentions might be pure but the results will be the same — perpetual inaction.

The level of deference called for by a reasonableness standard as originally contemplated in 1979 has rarely been endorsed by the Supreme Court; it is simply too deferential to be accepted by those that insist on holding themselves out as having the final word in our legal system.

While some other manufacturers have moved away from developing their own apps when Google already offers, Samsung still insists on holding onto a few dupes.

Cover letters that insist on holding on to tradition are not considered by hiring managers who want to be presented with detailed information of what a candidate can do, without making too much effort.

Not exact matches

Varadkar has insisted that if the motion is not withdrawn, he will be forced to hold an election before Christmas, a prospect EU officials say would complicate the EU Brexit summit on Dec. 14 - 15.

Meanwhile, he shrugged off concerns about the joint venture (JV) with Leighton Holdings, Australia's largest construction firm, and insisted it was «successful» despite the challenges brought on by the 2008 crisis.

Even though Neometals is now holding less than 15 % of Mt Marion, company management had the exceptional foresight to insist on the right to purchase a sizeable percentage the lithium off - take after about three years of operation.

Manager Mark Oelschlager insists on keeping a diversified portfolio, with two of the fund's major holdings including Charles Schwab and Amazon.

Insist they stay completely focused, no checking email or texting while on hold.

Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, who worked on Donald Trump's presidential campaign, insisted that the facts in their new book «Let Trump Be Trump» hold up despite criticism.

[M] illennials seeking government help as automation takes hold, and boomers insisting on promised levels of Social Security and Medicare.»

Though the office phones rang only four or five times a day, Lewis insisted that his receptionist answer and put every caller on hold to hear the music.

Once I had to drop an account; they insisted on paying at 120 days, but we couldn't hold off our vendors that long.»

While May has been effective in attacking Harper on a number of fronts, she still insists on breaking a principle she held to for many years: that the Green Party should not be trying to elect members but should be forcing other parties to adopt a green agenda.

To dare to insist on boring, exceptional holdings rather than what is en vogue at the moment.

With the Fed insisting its future course is dependent on data confirming a stronger economy, investors still believe the Fed will hold back.

Internally, Bannon was his biggest defender against skeptics who accused him of holding anti-Semitic views and playing up his intellectual status by insisting on going by «Dr. Sebastian Gorka.»

For most of your holdings, insist on twenty years of dividend growth, an earnings growth rate of 5 % over the past ten years, and limited exposure to the financial sector.

They insist on redefining the central part, as it has been traditionally held, and then they are upset that those with a narrower definition can't go along with it.

Religion is a mental illness and those that insist on perpetuating the fantasies, delusions and lies hold those of us, that see it for what it is, hostage.

Holding to 6 - day creationism makes good philosophical sense if you believe, as you insist, on Scriptural inerrancy.

I'm not keen on evangelism from any quarter — it would be great to live in a world in which one's spirituality and one's belief system aren't things you must insist that others join in order to feel that they are valid, or in order to hold that other person in high esteem.

We're like the blind wisemyn around the elephant, each holding on to a unique part of the beast and insisting it's the «whole.»

Von Balthasar insists on the need for a genuinely Christian philosophy that serves but is not held in thrall to Christian theology.

If we (within this framework) insist on the perfect goodness of God, must we not, with Leibniz, hold that this world, in all its details, is the best of all possible worlds — at least one of the best?

Meaning the confessor would not insist on an obligation that «approved authors» held to be doubtful.

Fortunately the Founding Fathers were wise enough to insist on our freedom to pray to whatever God helps us keep our lives in some kind of perspective but at the same time insist on there being something that we hold true above all else that we don't create.

What is needed is a Catholic theological interpretation of modern pluralistic democracy, one that insists on real space for the ideas and active contributions of religious traditions, while underscoring the value of respectful argument and even friendship among those who hold competing views.

Surrealists, Beat poets, student revolutionaries, punk rockers, clever lycéens, and legions of the semi-educated who preen themselves on being thoroughly modern — as Rimbaud insisted we all must be — hold him in supreme reverence.