Sentences with phrase «of insisting»

I didn't make the mistake of insisting that extreme anomalous years should not be used as starting or ending points.

I would rather see the legislation passed as it is, instead of insisting on modifications which make no difference qualitatively.

«evaluated individually against whatever metrics are deemed important, and the best models selected» Doesn't this selection of best models mean you fail to see as many of the ways in which the model could be wrong compared to an approach of insisting that all the model types are included?

I think the best way to respond to all the objections of those insisting that the physics behind the science of climate change is both «well understood» and «incontrovertible» is to encourage you all to study this document.

Instead of insisting Nintendo join the race, though, I wish I could persuade the industry to slow down.

After several weeks of insisting that there was nothing wrong with their units, Nintendo has finally fessed...

Also, I'm not familiar with console games and updates, but I found that there is a lot of insisting on «free update» in the announcement.

Hot on the heels of insisting that Dead Or Alive 5 will portray its female characters as genuine and relateable human beings rather than merrily - bouncing pin - ups, Team Ninja has unleashed a few new screenshots to remind us that they haven't forgotten about the male members of the roster.

As another example, instead of insisting that you walk through the door before your pooch does, think of enforcing rules necessary for your dog's safety.

To ease that tension, some employers make a point of insisting that work - life balance is for everyone.

Instead of insisting that a fund must have a minimum five - year track record to be included, I looked at any F - series fund that has been around at least three years.

But Mr Jobs has a record of insisting that Apple is not interested in making a particular product (a video iPod, a mobile phone)-- right up until the moment when he unveils one.

Instead of insisting I was fine, I said, «Yes.»

The Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause was Amazon's way of insisting that you couldn't sell your book cheaper on another platform without offering to do the same at Amazon.

DETROIT — After years of insisting that safety features do not sell cars, automakers have noticed that many prospective buyers think differently.

As more students emerge from the haze of adult - led learning, there is a growing urgency for responsive, empowering learning opportunities that meet the needs of learners where they are, instead of insisting they go to where adults want them to be.

You learn to become flexible instead of insisting on following the prescribed «plan».

Instead of insisting «I'm here if you need anything,» simply offer to do one of the things below.

«Instead of insisting on a single philosophy when solving the electronic Schrödinger equation, which has historically been either deterministic or stochastic, we have chosen a third way,» Piecuch said.

Hon. K. T. Hammond was sent by President J. A. Kufuor to Paris and London to amicably resolve the US$ 47 million default judgment debt with SG by convincing the Company to accept the US$ 14 million out - of - court settlement instead of insisting on the US$ 47 million judgment debt.

President Nana Akufo - Addo says a new paradigm of economic development of insisting on value - addition industrial activities within a conducive and business - friendly environment, can make headway.

However AfDB disbursed only $ 600million of these insisting on further policy reforms before continuing further disbursements.

It is so obvious to me that Owen Smith is like a second hand car salesman but I appreciate that (amazing to me) others do not see that in him, so what is the point of me insisting on what is obvious.

Cuomo went on to allow that Paterson is in a «desperate» situation with the budget more than two months late, and thus has had to resort to a «desperate tactic» of insisting that the Legislature choose between approving extender bills that include cuts (in this case, cuts to health care spending) and a government shutdown.

After 40 years of insisting that it is Scotland's oil, the SNP has maybe started learning to beware what it wishes for.

It really is time primary advocates started having a serious debate about this instead of insisting that their solution both a) improves participation and b) magically won't cost any money.

If I remember correctly, Spitzer made a particular point of insisting his administration would be blind to political affiliation when hiring, and his appointments office came under fire for not moving quickly enough to suit rank - and - file Democrats in cleaning house of Pataki - era appointees.

Cameron might have stepped back from the brink of insisting that the West Lothian question be settled «in tandem» with the Scottish devolution issue.

After months of insisting that phone - hacking was confined to just one journalist, News International has finally admitted that the practise was much more widespread.

Train wrecks are usually the result of insisting birth is as safe as life gets, not having access to interventions early on and not having a clear transfer plan in place.

Instead of insisting that students take one fruit or vegetable each day at lunch, West New York School District (WNYSD) students willingly fill their lunch trays with healthy produce.

To ease that tension, some employers make a point of insisting that work - life balance is for everyone.

Given that the image included in the tweet was of the 22 - year - old training with Lazio, it may well have been with the intention of insisting that he will work hard to establish himself at the Stadio Olimpico by proving to coach Stefano Pioli that he deserves a regular spot in the starting lineup.

Instead of insisting that students take one fruit or vegetable each day at lunch, West New York School District (WNYSD) students willingly fill their lunch trays with healthy produce.

After a lifetime of insisting I hated it, I tried the homemade variety, and the rest is history.

It goes to the extreme of insisting the disciples knew virtually nothing of the facts of Jesus» death and stitched together the better part of the Gospels in an inspired burst of scriptural imagination.

Bergson never tires of insisting that man is not something outside the stream of evolution but is himself a product of it, with the result that theory of knowledge and theory of life are inseparable.

One suspects that for them, as for the audience, it is a matter of duty, of insisting that it simply can't be true that mankind has lost its capacity to produce music of consequence.

Ekins adds that implementation of this principle may lead to the conclusion that it may be better to strive for the coexistence of several styles of development in different regions of one country, instead of insisting on one national style which may have proved efficient for one region but at the expense of other regions.

Pastors and theologians are fond of insisting that everybody lives by some sort of faith.

The church seems to make it a point of insisting that people remember it.

However, this first phase fairly rapidly was superseded by a second, in which Sewall Wright and Theodosius Dobzhansky were the two key figures, both of them insisting on the importance of thinking of populations of many genes, as well as populations of many individuals.

Gier makes a major point of insisting that the retention of the past is a basic philosophic tenet of process theology.

As I've mentioned before, I think evangelical Christians in particular must be a bit more careful of insisting that our theology is somehow God's theology.

Giving them handouts instead of insisting that fathers BE fathers and teach thier kids to value school and make good grades.

But after years of insisting that people who come to church should have their own needs met, founder Bill Hybels sings a bit of a different tune, learned from friends like U2's Bono: Christians should serve the needs of people outside the church.

«Not having sex before marriage is a way of insisting that the most interesting part of your life will take place after marriage, and if it's more interesting, maybe then it will last.»

Why would god leave such confusion if he didn't want people to take what they were capable of understanding, instead of insisting everyone believe the exact same thing, when it wouldn't have the exact same relevance to them?

In fact, in spite of his insisting that most actual occasions are unconscious (and that there is much that is unconscious even in that series of actual occasions which constitute our successive mental states), his talk of their experience or feeling of themselves, the influence of their predecessors, and their subjective immediacy seems pointless unless each of them is supposed to feel its own being, in some genuine sense, however dimly, so that there is a truth as to what - it - is - like - being - it.

This broadcasting success has had an impact on church attendance because we invited the radio audience to share «who they are» with us instead of insisting that they «be like us.»