1. We insist on / upon self-reliance.

2. I insist on paying for the damage.

3. I insist on his innocence.

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4. I insist on your being there.

5. I insist on your taking/insist that you take immediate action to put this right.

6. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius 

7. I insist on quietness.

8. The tourists insist on keeping to their plan.

9. People rightly insist on being treated as individuals.

10. They insist on playing their music late at night.

11. I always insist on wholemeal bread.

12. We insist on formal dress for dinner.

13. She will insist on washing her hair just when I want to have a bath.

14. We insist on the highest standards of cleanliness in the hotel.

15. She's 85 now, but she will insist on doing all her own housework.

16. They insist on sticking to the letter of the law.

17. Our buyers insist on high standards of workmanship and materials.

18. The bank will insist on collateral for a loan of that size.

19. At our bank we insist on high standards of customer service .

20. Any police officer can insist on seeing a driver's license.

21. If you will insist on eating three helpings of dessert, I'm afraid you'll have to suffer the consequences!

22. To insist on a dogmatic policy is unworkable.

23. Insist on extra maraschino cherries. 3.

24. But unfortunately, the old questions insist on pushing through.

25. Many workers now insist on a smoke-free environment.

26. Why do you always insist on burgling only second floor flats?

27. We're only going on vacation for a week, but John will insist on taking everything but the kitchen sink.

28. Alexander threatens to stand in your way if you insist on taking up the same profession as his.

29. The World Bank can use its clout with poorer countries to insist on reforms.

30. The differences between the two parties won't be healed as they insist on their own terms.