Sentences with phrase «changes at the behest»

But what we often have in mind is that the very orderliness of the world shall be changed at our behest.

Corporations and other entities, from Wal - Mart to the YMCA, have made positive changes at her behest (even if for entirely cynical reasons).

It has proved hard enough for Labour MPs to decide for themselves to get rid of Brown; making the change at the behest of a rival party would be even harder.

He observed that s. 145 (6) of the Land Titles Actalso permits the Examiner to make changes at the behest of a third party.

Not exact matches

But the name was changed back to Black Panther at the behest of both readers and the original creators, who strongly disliked the change.

While Wenger has overseen a substantial change in Arsenal's philosophy and played a major role in their move from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium, Dyche has also had a hand in how Burnley have built the foundations for future success of the pitch, with the # 10.6 million Gawthorpe training ground redevelopment progressing well and other improvements made to the infrastructure of the club, often at Dyche's behest, paid for by the Premier League cash he has played such a huge role in securing.

Maggie and Megan: I certainly haven't seen all HISD schools in action (indeed, I've only been in a handful of lunch rooms, something I'd like to change) but I can say that HISD is currently implementing some «improved dining concepts», starting (at the behest of our superintendent) at the most impoverished schools.

At the board's behest, Dr. McGill effected the change in the district's configuration, creating primary schools at Woodstock and Phoenicia and an intermediate school at Bennett, and kept the Phoenicia school opeAt the board's behest, Dr. McGill effected the change in the district's configuration, creating primary schools at Woodstock and Phoenicia and an intermediate school at Bennett, and kept the Phoenicia school opeat Woodstock and Phoenicia and an intermediate school at Bennett, and kept the Phoenicia school opeat Bennett, and kept the Phoenicia school open.

Kerry pointed out that Bush's position conflicted with the findings of distinguished scientific bodies, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, «a scientific panel founded at the behest of his own father.»

G - 20 leaders have scheduled one mealtime discussion on climate change — largely at the behest of European leaders, analysts said — because they were unable to get a formal agenda item on the issue.

At the behest of Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen, lawmakers held two special legislative sessions over the last year on education to enact a series of Race to the Top - related changes that included making the state's cap on charter schools less prohibitive and overhauling teacher evaluations.

That change came at the behest of officials with the North Carolina Virtual Academy, the school backed by controversial for - profit online school operator K12, Inc., who complained to state officials that recording and reporting daily student attendance through the online reporting software that traditional schools use didn't work for them, according to DPI's interim director of the state's charter school office Adam Levinson.

Publishers saw this as «devaluing» their product (read this as «taking away hardcover sales») and, at the behest of Apple and it's new iPad, changed the way ebooks were sold.

The meeting was held at the behest of Republican members of the Senate and House energy committees who were concerned that PURPA was no longer relevant, given the changes that have swept through the electric power market in the past three decades.

Müller recently authored a report on expected climate change impacts in sub-Saharan Africa, at the behest of the German Development Institute (GDI), a Bonn - based think tank.

«At the time, Lord Monckton was in Australia at the behest of a mining association and Gina Rinehart to deliver a series of talks on climate change and spread his conspiracy theories that human - caused climate change is a left - wing plot to bring down the West.&raquAt the time, Lord Monckton was in Australia at the behest of a mining association and Gina Rinehart to deliver a series of talks on climate change and spread his conspiracy theories that human - caused climate change is a left - wing plot to bring down the West.&raquat the behest of a mining association and Gina Rinehart to deliver a series of talks on climate change and spread his conspiracy theories that human - caused climate change is a left - wing plot to bring down the West.»

This is the surest sign yet that an administration that has pulled out of global climate change agreements and is rolling back environmental protections at the behest of the fossil fuel industry, nonetheless does not want to miss out on the economic potential of a renewable energy industry that has revived many ailing port cities in northern Europe.

Followers of the legislative process will, however, have been fascinated by the number and scope of the late changes made to the Bill, mostly at the behest of the government.