Sentence examples for direct official from inspiring English sources

In this context, these words read like a direct, official confirmation of our worst fears.

"Not a direct official, but be sure that it is someone talking on the behest of our supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei".

But for proponents, the word reparations can cover a host of interventions, from cash payments -- the current equivalent of, say, 40 acres and a mule -- to a direct, official apology from the President.

And, unlike the economic talks, which can be handled through notionally "non-governmental" bodies, it would require direct official talks, with all the headaches that would entail.China, however, may be content with this impasse.

Governments prefer to pass aid through NGOs because it is cheaper, more efficient and more at arm's length than direct official aid.Governments also find NGOs useful in ways that go beyond the distribution of food and blankets.

The most direct official statement came on Tuesday, when Ma Zhaoxu, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, said at a news conference that Google was not exempt from Chinese law, implying that the company would have to continue self-censoring its Chinese-language search engine, Google.cn, if it wanted to keep doing business in China.

If courts direct officials not to perform gay marriages, they should not.

Fresh Direct officials said in a statement that they were trying to comply with the government's request and keep their employees informed about the investigation.

Another factor in insider killings is more direct, officials say: young armed men can lose control when they are brought together under pressure, and often with significant background or cultural differences.

They direct officials to consider such factors as the nature of the past crimes involved (like Ms. Gehris's hair-pulling), the time the alien has lived here, his or her U.S. military service and family ties here.

The agreement also would direct officials to confirm that people receiving insurance subsidies under the law were eligible for them, something Democrats say the law already requires.