Sentence examples for by a directive from inspiring English sources

In November 2005, prompted by a directive not to hire illegal immigrants, the agent asked the housekeeper about her immigration status.

That bit of theater wisdom, it is believed, was inspired by a directive that George S. Kaufman once sent to the cast of a tryout in trouble.

Much of the delay was caused by a directive issued on Wednesday night by the Federal Aviation Administration ordering more thorough examination of laptop computers and other carry-on luggage.

A senior administration official said that the military team, which was authorized by a directive from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, was never intended to have an open-ended or Libya-wide mission.

The propaganda department of the Chinese Communist Party appears to be sensitive to critiques of the system, judging by a directive to China's state media in the first week of the Games.

Prompted by a directive from UK Sport, UK Athletics have channelled their Lottery funding towards athletes of medal potential rather than top-eight but, asked if it was aimed towards specifically getting athletes on the podium in Rio in 2016, Black replied: "No, it's over the next year or two as well.

By contrast, a directive by the Interior Department, which includes the geological survey, explicitly protects people whether they are heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or transsexual.

They noted that General Kayani took steps last week to distance the military from politics by issuing a directive that army officers were no longer permitted to contact politicians.

By issuing a directive, Mr. Obama was also pulling the topic of political change out of regular meetings on diplomatic, commercial or military relations with Arab states.

John Deutch, the C.I.A.'s third director in three years, responded to the abuses, and to the public outcry, by issuing a directive calling for prior approval from headquarters before any person with criminal or human-rights problems could be recruited.

"By creating a directive on medical marijuana, the V.A. ensures that throughout its vast hospital network, it will be well understood that legal medical marijuana use will not be the basis for the denial of services," Mr. Krawitz said.