Sentence examples for acting on a request from from inspiring English sources

In making the arrest, the Senegalese were acting on a request from the United States.

The letter from attorneys in her office said they were acting on a request from California's DMV.

They were acting on a request from Italian cultural officials, who said that the intricately patterned gold bowl had been smuggled out of Sicily and sold illegally.

Today, Judge Sybil R. Moses of State Superior Court, acting on a request from Mr. Schuber for an injunction against the sheriff, said the work must continue.

Earlier this year, acting on a request from organizations in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn, the city rezoned the areas around Bartel Pritchard Square and Park Circle.

Or even the powerful "Oh, pickles!" The Mobile County Commission, acting on a request from students who have formed no-cursing clubs at Lott and Semmes Middle Schools, has declared a daylong ban Monday on bad words.

Mr. Rumsfeld, who Pentagon officials emphasized had not yet made a decision to send the bombers, was acting on a request for additional forces from Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, the Pacific commander, who concluded that North Korea's race to produce a nuclear weapon had significantly worsened the risks on the Korean Peninsula.

The White House has been frustrated by Turkey's refusal to allow American troops mount a ground attack into northern Iraq from Turkey, and Turkey's long delay in acting on a request for cooperation made over three months ago.

At first light, three U.S. Army aircraft from the 67th Fighter Squadron at Henderson Field, acting on a request personally delivered by Bailey, strafed the Japanese near Hill 80 and killed most of them, with the few survivors retreating back into the jungle.

Dr Emily Keram, a California-based psychiatrist who has assessed prisoners in the US and abroad at the request of US courts and lawyers, was acting on a request by Mr Aamer's legal representatives.

Board President Ted Mitchell said he would ask the state attorney general to investigate the numerous allegations on both sides, acting on a request by board member Alan Arkatov.