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"Barty was a wonderful, affable teacher and conductor, " says Phelps. "He made us work hard and insisted upon perfection. "

Germany had to ask, humiliatingly, for lenient implementation of the Stability Pact it had insisted upon, and the European Union agreed.

University, insisted upon seeing the person you are mother, in exchange for your virtual volume, afraid of her to lose face.

During the drive he told me that his wife had metastatic breast cancer and was not well, but she insisted upon meeting me.

But the various escape clauses that Vietnam insisted upon suggest it was more of a face-saving measure than a firm pledge.

As if in requital, she insisted upon having her own will in the domestic and commercial department which her husband abandoned to her.

THERE WAS NO formal betrothal and no announcement was made of the engagement of Bolkonsky and Natasha; Prince Andrey insisted upon that.

In his hearty way, he insisted upon her good looks. He looked at her admiringly, and she took it at its full value.

But in practice, prior notice is not always insisted upon, provided that the amounts required are not too large.

Her work load was phenomenal, and yet, Margaret insisted upon maintaining an active role as wife and mother.

For what the king fundamentally insisted upon was that his authority should be respected.

Never yielding to Victorian conventions, Collins had insisted upon a simple funeral in his will.

In fact, the most sweeping change that he insisted upon in his Politico interview could be nothing less than a constitutional revolution.

Rather, he insisted upon a neutral course until the United States could grow stronger.

He insisted upon coming up by boat and did not arrive until after seven.

She was 82 and living in Keoluk when, unaccountably , she insisted upon attending a convention of old settlers of the Mississippi Valley.

I insisted upon an answer to my question whether he was coming or not.

I tried to argue her down, but she still insisted upon doing so.

It is true, foreign trade had always insisted upon a certain amount of gold and silver coin.

The gatekeeper was someone who insisted upon personally approving or enabling every request.

Everything that I saw other people do I insisted upon imitating.

Furthermore, the same kind of payment terms are being insisted upon by your exporters for goods to China.

They insisted upon their device being tested under operating conditions.

He insisted upon lending me the money I needed.

The linchpin phrase that Reagan insisted upon was "trust but verify. "

Eg. They insisted upon being given every detail of the case.

He insisted upon checking everything himself.

The restaurant looked nice but my husband insisted upon eating at cafes. Sorry no recommendations from what we found.

Our chef has insisted upon creating this dish Himself.

They insisted upon taking on the task no matter how dangerous it is.

She insisted upon lending them her car.

The medieval worlds in its every-day transactions, had never insisted upon ready money.

"So far the beast in us has insisted upon having its full say" (William Dean Howells)