Sentences with phrase «held at the behest»

The restored paragraph reads: «Some Security Services officials appear to have a dubious record relating to actual involvement, and frankness about any such involvement, with the mistreatment of Mr Mohamed when he was held at the behest of US officials.»

Yet, in this case, that does not seem to have been true: as the evidence showed, some Security Services officials appear to have a dubious record relating to actual involvement, and frankness about any such involvement, with the mistreatment of Mr Mohamed when he was held at the behest of US officials.

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.

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Arrested at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid a wide - reaching anti-corruption purge, some have been held there ever since.

Personality one seemed to hold more knowledge and power than personality two, which was the public subservient personality acting at the behest of the dominant personality one.

The Nerazzurri are at the behest of Chinese ownership who have stated they are not interested in freeing up funds for the winter mercato, instead holding things back to comply with Financial Fair Play rules.

When Winstead enrolls in Alcoholics Anonymous at the behest of love - struck coworker Nick Offerman (who makes the mistake of confessing his feelings for Winstead in a memorably cringe - inducing monologue that prominently features the once and future Ron Swanson fantasizing out loud about what it would be like to be inside Winstead's «moist pussy»), the boozy bond holding their marriage together begins to fall apart.

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.

This appeal was taken under 28 U.S.C. § 1254 (2), which provides this Court with appellate jurisdiction at the behest of a party relying on a state statute or local ordinance held unconstitutional by a court of appeals.