Sentence examples for be briefed for from inspiring English sources

On 15 March Manstein was appointed commander of the LVI Panzer Corps; he was one of 250 commanders to be briefed for the upcoming major offensive, first seeing detailed plans of the offensive in May.

Actually, we were being briefed for the state arrival of Prime Minister Chretien [of Canada].

Photographers were briefed for their assignments and encouraged to take great quantities of photographs so that the editors might have a large selection.

Although the Israeli government is refraining from official comment, it is closely monitoring events in Egypt, and its security cabinet was briefed for two hours on Friday evening.

This would be consistent with Obama's supposedly not having been briefed for nearly five years about intelligence operations against allied leaders.

It led in unexpected directions, and on Feb. 18, the board was briefed for the first time on the Bahamian fund transfers.

They were briefed for the purpose of this study by two of the authors (SA and KO).

In Beijing the relatives of the missing Chinese passengers on board flight MH370 have been briefed, for the second day running, by a senior delegation from Malaysia.

They were briefed for the purpose of this study by two of the authors (SA and MA).

The playoffs will be brief for the MetroStars unless they become more productive.

"I'm going to be brief, for I just got off a plane and I've been going since before sahari" — the predawn Ramadan meal — "almost twenty-four hours".