What's the difference between beest and behest?

Beest


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Initially scheduled for only 13 weeks due to fears that its length would turn viewers off, it went on to become the most popular news show in Britain, launching the careers of some of our beest known newsreaders such as Alastair Burnet, Reginald Bosanquet, Sandy Gall, Alastair Stewart and Trevor McDonald.
  • (2) Sera from 19 beekeepers, 42 beesting-sensitive patients and 20 blood donors (controls) were assayed by the SPRA.
  • (3) It was established that the way of calf feeding by beestings in the first days of life essentially influenced on the formation of nonspecific cell immunity.

Behest


Definition:

  • (n.) That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
  • (n.) A vow; a promise.
  • (v. t.) To vow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Birmingham's city council leader, Bore, on Wednesday confirmed the names of 18 schools inspected by Ofsted in recent weeks at Gove's behest.
  • (2) Opponents warn that Japan could be dragged into damaging conflicts overseas at the behest of its main ally, the US.
  • (3) Eighteen-year-old Zhu Guilin said he usually preferred pop music, but relished competing with his class in the red song competitions that swept Chongqing at Bo's behest.
  • (4) The slippage began with the disastrous abandonment last year of the soil framework directive, at the behest of agricultural lobbyists and the British government.
  • (5) Belhaj, former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, was detained with his wife in China in 2004 at the behest of British and US officials.
  • (6) At the moment it appears to be dominated by conservative Arab kingdoms so Iran, Iraq and Syria will not welcome it.” He cautioned against Pakistan being dragged into conflicts at the behest of others.
  • (7) After five years of harsh spending cuts and tax rises imposed at the behest of the troika, the Greek government has battled its way back to a so-called primary surplus.
  • (8) Based on recent public statements by European policy makers and bank executives, we believe the options FBF has put forward on the refinancing of Greece's maturing debt were made at the behest of Greece's eurozone official creditors.
  • (9) Five years ago, when the last major World Service cuts were pushed through, it was at the behest of a Labour government which wanted to build a presence in the Middle East.
  • (10) "We want alliances, not absorptions", he said, indicating that the government was looking at whether to inject state capital into the business at the behest of the unions.
  • (11) After Litvinenko, more sanctions against Russia would be pointless – and hypocritical | Simon Jenkins Read more Last week, a British public inquiry concluded that ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was likely to have been murdered at the personal behest of Putin .
  • (12) The latest fine stems in large part from allegations of mis-selling of “toxic” mortgage securities by Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, two firms JP Morgan purchased during the 2008 financial crisis at the behest of the government.
  • (13) At the micro level, there is no evidence of active consumer support for licensure and it seems to have been introduced mainly at the behest of members of the occupation and bureaucrats involved in the regulation of laboratories.
  • (14) A further EGM has been called at O'Brien's behest for 13 November, when shareholders will vote on the board's authority to issue more shares ahead of a rights issue later this year.
  • (15) Media ownership rules are currently the subject of a review by the Office of Fair Trading , launched at the behest of the communications minister, Lord Carter, following the publication of his interim Digital Britain report earlier this year.
  • (16) Ted Nugent, the rock musician who received a visit from the secret service after he said he would either be "dead or in jail" if President Barack Obama was re-elected, will be in the audience at the state of the union address on Tuesday evening, at the behest of Texas conservative Steve Stockman.
  • (17) It does a lot of TV advertising, and its ads are often reprimanded as being in poor taste: a 2009 campaign featuring a Spitting Image -style puppet of Julius Malema, president of the ANC youth league, was removed at the behest of Malema's lawyers.
  • (18) A statement released on the website of Peru's foreign ministry , which holds the rotating presidency of the intergovernmental union, said: The foreign ministry of Peru lets public opinion know that, in concordance with the statutory responsibilities of the temporary presidency of Unasur, at the behest of the Republic of Ecuador and after consulting member states, an extraordinary meeting of the Counsel of Foreign Ministers of the Union has been convened on Sunday August 19 in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • (19) He became a human rights activist of sorts, championing the rights of the "disappeared" – Islamist suspects who had been illegally abducted, detained and sometimes tortured by Pakistani intelligence, often at the behest of the CIA and, less frequently, MI6.
  • (20) The standoff began when the 164ft RV Ramon Margalef carried out what its captain described as "oceanographic works in the interest of the European community" at the behest of the Spanish government.

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