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The phrase "a directive about the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific instruction or guideline related to a particular topic or subject matter.
Example: "The manager issued a directive about the new safety protocols that all employees must follow."
Alternatives: "an instruction regarding the" or "a guideline concerning the".
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When the captain and first sergeant finish with the refresher class, another soldier stands up front and reads a directive about the proper way to spell "Abu Ghraib" on our interrogation reports.
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This gives a directive about adjusting the stroke of one of the pistons (for example, for reducing dead volume) without changing the stroke of the other.
But if the Archbishop of Canterbury's staff can issue a directive about Katharine Jefferts Schori's mitre, then they have too much time on their hands.
In 1975, Dr. Plum was an expert witness in the widely publicized case of Karen Ann Quinlan, who had entered a vegetative state after consuming alcohol and Valium but who did not leave a directive about her care.
Brasserie du Pcheur offered the Court an opportunity to provide further clarification, in particular on Member State liability in cases other than failure to implement a directive and about the Community's criteria for granting individuals the right to reparation.
Commissioner Bud Selig issued a directive last week about the importance of keeping anyone but players, coaches, managers, team and league officials and members of the news media out of restricted areas, which include playing fields, dugouts, clubhouses and weight rooms.
The transition can't come about as a directive from the top.
In fact, one doctor at Qhadamiyya hospital in Baghdad told me about a directive from the CPA, then still in charge, prohibiting him from divulging the numbers of civilian deaths.
Because the Libertyville Highland Middle School principal, Jon Hallmark, had not received a directive from the Illinois State Board of Education ISBEE) about what to do, and because there is an opt out bill currently languishing in the state legislature, principals and superintendents are free to implement their own solutions.
"Sources: Fox Management Slanting D.C. Bureau's News Coverage," read the headline of a story that probed the origins of "discontent" in that newsroom about a directive to slant the network's news coverage.
It's infuriating to read of how F.B.I. agents investigating Al Qaeda were stymied from stopping the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, thanks to a bureau misinterpretation of a Justice Department directive about sharing evidence.
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