Sentence examples for behest of that from inspiring English sources

It was at the behest of that intermediary that they appointed Mr. Devillers to become the first manager of Résidences Fontaine St. Georges, the Bergmans said.

In fact, Ferrell credited the two years he spent away from organized basketball in middle school — at the behest of that same demanding father — as what helped him more richly define his character on and off the court.

There's plenty stirring in Eastern Europe's steel markets: Yesterday a Ukrainian court seized control of billionaire Viktor Pinchuk's Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant and froze any shareholder activity, at the behest of that country's president, Viktor Yushchenko, (see ).

As it happens, we're already, under the Obama administration, training some Syrian rebels in Saudi Arabia, at the behest of that longtime ally of the Bush family which is every bit as insistent as Israel in pushing an agenda for American action in the Middle East.

"Television, I mean CNN, CNN en Español, is a broadcaster that works at the behest of destabilization, that calls openly for a coup d'etat in Venezuela," Maduro said in a speech carried by state television, according to Colombia's Radio Caracol.

Many politicians still appear to be working at the behest of companies that benefit from the status quo, in particular the fossil fuel lobby, and companies are still failing to see stable regulatory frameworks that give them the confidence to invest in long-term capital projects.

Considering current Middle East events, it appears that Waxman's proclamation at the behest of Harman that "Ms. Winograd is far, far outside the bipartisan mainstream of views that has long insisted that U.S. policy be based upon rock-solid support for [Israel]... .. stems more from Waxman and Harman's personal bias than from America's current truth.

Or perhaps Cowell should turn to former paramour and judge Dannii Minogue, a woman Lost in Showbiz has had a vast, boggling admiration for ever since it learned that she had designed a studded snakeskin leather handbag at the behest of Kenco that featured a special detachable pouch in which you could carry instant coffee.

Seconds before court started session, O'Brien walked over to verify (at the behest of Cohen) that they were, indeed, on a field trip.

Originating in the US and adopted by the major powers largely at the behest of financial organizations that have been its key drivers, neo-liberalism, owing to its transient-nature, is an ideology that long-ago became gospel to both the Right and the Left in a swiftly-achieved consensus now normalized and accepted as the new economics 101.

He said the factory passed muster with outside monitors who inspected it every few months at the behest of the companies that use it.