verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
always
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She always insisted on doing it herself and that made it easy for you.
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Successful entrepreneurs always insist on some form of agreement, even if it is just a simple letter confirming a conversation.
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Why do you always insist on burgling only second floor flats?
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Knowing that, later I always insisted we send our very best, not our worst, when we were called on.
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But he always insisted that the Council was his responsibility.
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He has always insisted , however, that the legacy of Rossellini was not merely stylistic.
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Chadwick had always insisted that ultimate sanitary authority needed to remain with non-medical administrators.
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Owner Eddie DeBartolo has always insisted they stay in the finest hotels on the road.
on
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Croydon Corporation were insisting on specially dressed stone setts.
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The girl had insisted on driving her all the way home.
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The site operators enforce safety controls far tougher than those insisted on by Government.
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He was a kind of male Malinche figure, one who insisted on otherness rather than on accommodation.
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It was the coldest time of the year and the first thing I insisted on was having a telephone.
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Successful entrepreneurs always insist on some form of agreement, even if it is just a simple letter confirming a conversation.
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Labour would insist on legally enforceable democracy in a union's internal affairs.
still
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Czechoslovakia still insists on an inflated hard currency exchange rate which reflects its closed economy.
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Not so, the Treasury still insists .
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Simeon still insisted , against all plausibility, that he would graduate from City as an electrical engineer.
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If he or she still insists on following you around, make it clear that they can come no closer.
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But Mel still insisted they had nothing to worry about.
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We are still insisting that the attack on Baghdad was carried out to protect the lives of our air crew.
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Some councils therefore still insist on every committee decision being referred to the full council for confirmation or rejection.
■ NOUN
government
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We saluted the Press, mentioning the government forces that insisted on closing down our city's own broadcasting station.
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Panel members and airline and government officials insist that fears about bias and invasion of privacy are unfounded.
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Will we see one day the government insisting that games have time limiters the way that some motor vehicles have speed limiters?
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But the Government insisted there's no case to answer.
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The government insisted that they did.
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The Government has insisted that confidence is needed before the economy can improve.
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The crisis surrounding the tunnel threatens to embarrass the Government , which insisted it be financed entirely by the private sector.
official
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In addition, the legislation is intended to make the Fed more accountable to elected officials by insisting on reforms.
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Crawford says Blue Heron officials insist a soundstage is sorely needed to boost film revenues here.
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The Commission official insisted these loans were repayable with interest, and did not constitute a subsidy.
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Panel members and airline and government officials insist that fears about bias and invasion of privacy are unfounded.
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Government officials insisted that they were not going to build walls or put up barbed wire round the embassies.
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The idea, state officials insist , was merely to turn the protesters around with a show of force.
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But planning officials and Labour councillors insist the scheme will works only if it gives shoppers maximum access to the road.
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University officials have insisted , however, they will pay relocation expenses to the businesses.
■ VERB
continue
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Councillor Mrs Mairhi Trickett continued to insist that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children.
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However, Lindsey continued to insist that the social description was the appropriate characterization because the policy talk was incidental.
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These are the reasons why many socialists continue to insist that planning is still superior to the market.
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Robert Kennedy, however, continued to insist on a less belligerent initial response.
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Administration scientists continue to insist that there is no proven link between C02 emissions and global warming.
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Thus, they continue to insist that they have right of access to hacienda resources.
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Despite this development, however, the company founders continued to insist that they were not in the contract-programming business.
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The United States continued to insist that any deal-making regarding the divided peninsula would have to involve Seoul.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I really need to speak to you now." "Oh, all right if you insist ."
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He was a religious man who insisted his children went to church every Sunday.
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I didn't want to tell dad about the fight, but he insisted.
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I wanted to pay by cheque but the landlord insisted that I pay him in cash.
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Let me pay this time. I insist .
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Many workers now insist on a smoke-free environment.
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Mom always insists that we keep our rooms neat.
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The man insisted on helping me find a taxi even though I told him I didn't need any help.
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They're insisting we report the matter to the police right away.
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Though there are no other witnesses, she insists she saw a man in the yard that night.
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UFO spotters will always insist that their data is correct.
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We hadn't intended to stay for another drink, but our host insisted.