Sentence examples for acting on order from inspiring English sources

In July 1634, officials acting on order of the king had seized Coke's papers, but a 1641 motion in the House of Commons restored the extant papers to Coke's eldest son.

A random sample in Katmandu suggested that voters were mainly civil servants and soldiers acting on orders.

In 1987 a Korean Air flight from Baghdad to Seoul was bombed by two agents apparently acting on orders from "Dear Leader" Kim, with a resulting loss of 115 lives.

His charges eventually gained publicity through Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" comic strip Tells how prison officials, apparently acting on orders from Bush-Quayle staffers, punished Kimberlin for telling his story, and prevented him from talking further with reporters.

"Israeli soldiers were not merely using excessive force," Human Rights Watch concluded, "but were apparently acting on orders that all but ensured a bloody military response to the Palestinian demonstrations".

Second, an Athenian militiaman, apparently acting on orders from conspirators higher in the ranks of the government, assassinated Phrynichus, the leader of the extremist faction.

Mr Trichet's presence at a CECEI meeting was exceptional it normally concerns itself with technicalities and, according to one witness, his demeanour made it clear that he was acting on orders from above.

But one theory in the case has been that local police were acting on orders from criminal elements.

Four later said they were acting on orders of superiors.

Brandon Hall, told reporters he was acting on orders from superiors.

Mr. Buntangyar was killed on Oct. 13, 2006, when Master Sgt. Troy Anderson, acting on orders from Capt.