(1) It is yet another symptom of our approach to technology, our insistence at robotic responses to human dilemmas.(2) Alison's insistence on doing the washing-up straight after the meal(3) The administration's insistence that things are on track and all it must do is stay the course is beginning to grate.(4) What made Silicon Alley special was its insistence that content is king.(5) The British insistence on the rule of law is not only right in principle, but is also proving safer in practice for our troops.(6) Now those talks, at the player's own insistence , will not take place until after the summer holidays.(7) Then there is his long-running and mysterious insistence on naming muscles.(8) The rest of the clubs should wave them off with their blessing but with the firm insistence that they will never be allowed to return.(9) Her gift for melody, her insistence on shaping almost every piece as a song, gives her work a stamp of individuality.(10) He is uncompromising in his insistence on seeing the world from his own perspective and never pandering to audiences.(11) What can be the explanation for this odd insistence on counterproductive policy?(12) No, this is indolence that is beyond even the animal kingdom in its insistence .(13) It was at his insistence that she had started learning music and he wanted her to take up classical singing.(14) Their insistence on quality has struck a particularly strong chord with older customers.(15) Her insistence on confrontation led Sapphire to look for her mother.(16) Part of its appeal must stem from his bizarre insistence that while the plot is fiction, it is constructed on basic truths.