Sentence examples for behest from from inspiring English sources
(Currently it is forced to rely far too much on Afghanistan after being booted, at China's and Russia's behest, from the Karshi Khanabad base in Uzbekistan in 2005).
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.
The assertion was articulated in a demand for federalism after the Kurds were excluded at Turkey's behest from talks in Geneva aimed at ending Syria's five-year long, brutal civil war.
Critics countered that the police department, at Mr. Daley's behest, veered from true community policing years ago.
In the nineties, his counsel, Richard Neaton, had his law license suspended twice, once at Soering's behest, for infractions ranging from forgery to incompetence; in 2001, the license was revoked.
Advertising Age has noted with glee that in recent weeks the Grey Lady has reduced the labels that distinguish the articles placed on its site at the behest of advertisers from those which arose from the newsroom.
At the Haggler's behest, a representative from Nissan America called the dealership, Star Nissan in Queens, and, a few days later, out popped a refund check.
According to the court, the man was working at the behest of monks from Kirti Monastery living in exile in India, an accusation that the monks deny.
He said a key demand was ditched, at the behest of Berlin, from the draft of a speech by Cameron just hours before it was due to be delivered.
The lodge, whose Chinese name (Juanqin Zhai) translates as the Lodge for Weary Diligence, is part of the Peace and Longevity Palace, a complex of buildings built at the behest of Qianlong from 1771 to 1776 and meant for his retirement.
Mr. Alavi did say that until recently, when more than 200 prisoners were set free at the behest of elders from Kandahar, there were more than 500 Taliban -- meaning Pashtun -- in Herat's central jail.
