"comply with instructions" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to follow or adhere to given directions or orders. Example: All employees are expected to comply with instructions from management regarding safety procedures.
"They [the girls] are usually the ones who refuse to comply with instructions".
"After Coach Johnson failed to comply with instructions to return to the Stanford bench, a second technical foul was assessed".
The President discharged Cox because he "refused to comply with instructions" the President gave him Friday night through the Attorney General, Ziegler said.
Police say the man refused to comply with instructions to remove a hand from his pants pocket, paced back and forth, then rapidly drew an object from the pocket, placed both hands together and extended them in a "shooting stance".
Although Mr. Rove has left the White House and is now a political commentator, Mr. Luskin said that Mr. Rove "in these matters is not a free agent" and must comply with instructions from the White House not to testify.
The protesters refused to comply with instructions to keep off the grass and enable workmen to get on with vital repairs and maintenance that are needed as a result of their actions".
Troops under U.S. Gen. George S. Patton reached Plzeň (Pilsen) but, complying with instructions from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, did not advance to Prague.
All the superintendents said they were used to complying with instructions from the State Education Department and had heard nothing from the department on the issue.
The court found that complying with instructions from the White House to hasten the return of financial workers to Wall Street as soon as possible after the World Trade Center was destroyed conflicted with Mrs. Whitman's obligation to highlight the health risks facing people who lived, worked or went to school in Lower Manhattan.
NIH officials also pointed out they'd always complied with instructions from the Office of Government Ethics, an executive office that has audited the agency's ethics policies numerous times.
In a brief submitted to the hearing committee, FTR asserted that in submitting the payment application, it was complying with instructions from the district's staff so that it could be paid for other outstanding work.
