1.   But the company insists that property profits will probably continue to rise as it buys and sells assets to reshape its business.

2.   The company insists Vinik spoke his mind at the time comments were made and he simply changed his opinions.

3.   When the drugs companies insisted on time to prepare a response, Judge Bernard Ngoepe called their bluff.

4.   Oil companies insist that exploitation can go hand-in-glove with caring for the environment, and have begun an intensive lobbying campaign to support the bill.

5.   Most companies insist on demonstrable quality management procedures before they will contract work at all.

6.   All three companies insisted that pharmacy-benefit managers would eventually be valuable.

7.   Although managed-care companies insist that capitation is not designed to deny medically necessary care, the practice stirs strong emotions.

8.   Although nearly all the active industrial chaplains are Christian, most companies insist they leave their religious affiliations and any penchant for preaching at the plant door.

9.   Although the company insists its profits are justified, critics are angry that it has made millions off a system widely recognized as inadequate.