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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Administration officials have said he was given the job at the behest of the White House.
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He notes that Slobodan Milosevic refused to privatise the economy, but without noting at whose behest .
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I also had the opportunity of conducting a number of interviews with Idi Amin, at his own behest .
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Like producing their first two records at the behest of inquiring fans.