Sentence examples for behind this lay from inspiring English sources

Prince Bandar's estate manager explained that behind this lay a common scheme - a discretionary trust whose beneficiaries were members of the prince's family.

Behind this lies, perhaps, a deeper fear.

Behind this lies the larger story of Thatcher and Reagan.

Behind this lies the tide of imports coming into the West Coast ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

But behind this lies a conflict with Cuba's "strong man," Colonel Fulgencio Batista, former sergeant, who, in the 1933 coup, won absolute control of the Cuban army.

Behind this lies the idea that a businessman demands inputs of land, labour, and capital because he needs them in the production of goods that he sells.

Behind this lies a complex history of Nazi destruction of the Roma, one of Europe's most ancient cultures, he noted.

Behind this lies a fear of disturbing the Israeli state's policy, which is seen as the "politically correct" one.We need a complete rethinking of our approach.

A clue to the thinking behind this lies in a 2003 report for the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC) thinktank, coauthored by its then director Mark Leonard.

Behind this lies the Palestinian demand that refugees have the right to return to homes they were forced out of or fled in 1948 and 1967.

But behind this lies another Sudan that has been too long overlooked, for many thousands of years one of the leading cultural forces in Africa.