Sentence examples for behest that from inspiring English sources

According to received wisdom, it was a spike in the yen at the United States' behest that pumped up Japanese asset prices in the late 1980s.

The expanding offering is the latest sign of recovery at G.M., which filed for a quick bankruptcy at the government's behest that helped the company shed billions of dollars in debt.

On both occasions (July 26th and August 24th), IFIL told the market, at Consob's behest, that it did not.

America's International Trade Commission has ruled, at the administration's behest, that imports have financially hurt the nation's steel producers.

It was at his behest that Mr. Bush installed Gov. James S. Gilmore III of Virginia as the party chairman.

Eskil became archbishop of Lund in 1138 and as such oversaw the completion of the cathedral; it was also at his behest that the first Cistercians came north.

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.

"It took six months of rehab to heighten the original ceilings, which were 'shed' ceiling that went from 7 to 11 feet high and now slopes from about 11 to 15 feet," she said.

It sprang up at no one's behest but that of the people doing it.

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.

The Brussels research group Bruegel, which did an analysis at the I.M.F.'s behest, concluded that the fund should have done more to draw attention to Greece's troubles.