insist on doing something

Examples of insisted

insisted

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The immigrants insisted that others should join them at their earliest opportunity.
Jacksonians insisted that, like the common schools and the press, political parties were critical agencies of political learning.
By contrast, all the protagonists of diphtheria antitoxin serum insisted that it was a therapeutic treatment.
Medieval authorities insisted that martyrs were impassible because their flesh was materially and supernaturally different from normal human flesh.
Firstly, they insisted that they could like music without relating to it or identifying with it, and that songs couldn't teach them anything.
He too insisted that law should not be confused with custom.
I insisted on bringing in utility and production functions because, once again, it is very hard to analyze credibility problems starting from ad-hoc demand functions.
Although their methods were similar, he insisted, they were reached by different paths.
In contrast, the woman's lawyer claimed the regularization of the marriage, and insisted that his client was perfectly able to conclude marriage on her own.
In the following days the soldier insisted that he kept having the same dream.
They insisted that the reserves of the system must be large enough to impress the markets.
But he also insisted on a difference to phenomenology proper.
My informants also insisted that zonal commanders, political officials and civilians organised relations between civilians and guerrillas differently, particularly during early phases of the war.
One patient insisted on hearing her husband's interview.
One girl left home because her parents insisted on her handing over all her earnings while she was living at home.
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