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"are given orders" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used in the passive voice to indicate that someone has been given instructions to follow. For example: "The soldiers were given orders to march to the front line."
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We will close the embassy as soon as we are given orders".
Soldiers are given orders from their company and regiment commanders only and not from any other person, as respectable as he may be".
He openly accused Washington of colluding with the Taliban and Pakistan, where the insurgents shelter, and, in the Afghan telling, they are given orders of whom to attack and when by the Pakistani military.
From these decisions, our military members are given orders that they must follow.
Remember, any large mobilization requires respect for the chain of command, so officers are loathe to act before they are given orders.
"We want to tell people if you are in an area and are given orders to evacuate, please evacuate," said Rick Griggs, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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We are not trading with the government, we are giving orders to the servants we put there.
Currently, militia commanders are giving orders to the regular military; that cannot be good for morale.
The submarine was given orders to suspend its attack.
On May 19, they were given orders to enter the city.
He thought he was going home from there but was given orders to go to Vladivostok.
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