Sentence examples for behest about from inspiring English sources

But those talks were shut down at management's behest about a year ago, and nothing has developed from them.

The New York Times reported last year that the witness, Angel Guillermo Heredia, of Mexico and Laredo, Tex., an athlete and nutritionist, testified before the Balco grand jury that he provided steroids, human growth hormone and the performance-enhancing drug EPO at Graham's behest from about 1996 through 2000.

Only a couple of weeks ago, in the course of a conversation about the desirable length of a woman's skirts – and no, we weren't being dirty old men, we were simply discussing a dress my wife had brought in for him to lengthen – and no, not at my prim behest – he talked about his own wife's instinctive modesty.

A more likely scenario is that Fox will seek to offload its £7.3bn Sky stake at the behest of investors nervous about pay-TV's prospects.

The first monastic establishment built in the Romanesque style was Dunfermline Abbey, begun at the behest of Queen Margaret about 1074.

The proclamation, which came about, in part, at the behest of Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York's newest senator, creates a national park around the two forts on the north side of the island, preventing that section from being sold.

This week, there are signs that it might be about to.At the behest of the president, NASA has been undergoing an independent review of its human-spaceflight plans.

As he stumbles about at the behest of others, aspects of his wider world are only briefly outlined, such as, for example, the casual amalgamation of fast-food chains and political parties – a conceit which includes warring factions such as the Jacobin Jack-o-Bite franchise, the monarchist Food Court and the Whiggery Piggery.

TB Both seem genuinely nice, look a little like muscle-bound toddlers, are talented yet strangely inauthentic (has the threat of being knocked unconscious ever seemed milder then when delivered by LL Cool J at his mother's behest?), and when you think about it it's weird neither have been in a Fast and Furious movie yet.

At his behest, an advisory panel is about to issue a policy paper recommending an overhaul of the entire antiquated system of regulating the airwaves.

Until now, owners have avoided speaking publicly about negotiations at the behest of Commissioner Roger Goodell.