Sentence examples for be told when a from inspiring English sources

"No one wants to be told when a flight is halfway across the Atlantic that it has to turn around".

We want to be told when a woman should marry, work, reproduce, get home from work and eat her breakfast.

Countries would be told when a company operating in their nation opened a bank account in a second  country, making it easier for poor nations to track down profits made by businesses who exploit their natural resources, which often end up in tax havens.

That's one of the main reasons he is pushing the industry to draw up a voluntary code of ethics which he hopes will state applications should not be designed to be addictive and that users must be told when a system they are using involves gamification.

Although it is a common practice, editors prefer to be told when an advisor plans to pass the review work on to a student.

"You are told when a new technology comes along, you should develop your own version of it.

Toshiba has not been told when a decision will be made on the proposal, which might ultimately be worth billions of dollars.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in the dark until Thursday, we are told, when a reporter called about the violation of Mr. Obama's privacy.

In other words, the Safirs want the public -- particularly in communities of color and poor neighborhoods -- to shut up and do as it's told when a police officer says so.

Upon his arrival, he's told: "When an outsider comes to the south, he cries twice: once when he arrives and once when he leaves".

PLENTY of people have ideas about what you should be told when you're shopping for a mortgage, but for now, that may not be much help.