Sentence examples for directive above from inspiring English sources

Sometimes R&D might take the form of patent-pooling – even with corporate rivals – in order to solve a problem even more pressing than quarterly earnings (see the Prime Directive, above).

"I find it hard to believe this would come without a directive from above, and I think it is more foreign policy than law enforcement," he said.

But Ian Hunt, MD of Gabbitas Education says: "I think what you'll find is that the pressure comes from the individual [school] department wanting to pick the best students to do their subjects, not an overarching directive from above".

Participants were also asked what was keeping them in their posts (posting directive from above and to care for aging parents, featured most prominently), and what would attract them to remain in a so-called hardship area.

Companies recruiting workers often frown on Japanese with a foreign high-school or college education as insufficiently adjusted to the ways of Japan, which emphasize outright acceptance of directives from above and group harmony.

That is to say that the intellectual, serving in government, must play by the rules and follow directives from above, but he or she is ultimately not a tool to be used by powerful interests, but rather the intellectual has his or her ethical stance and contributes through his or her support of good policy and or his or her resistance to unethical activities.

In order to develop a solid management style, implement changes according to your initial assessment (as per the directives above) and then make adjustments as you see what works and what doesn't.

One worker tells me that despite the strike coinciding with industrial action elsewhere, there's no grand directive from above.

When alarms go off, there generally comes down a directive from above to fill the bucket of loans that is currently lacking (or out of balance) in the bank's loan portfolio.

If you have begun writing your college application essays, the above directives will look familiar to you.

In addition, article 58 of the above mentioned directive [4] requires that patients are informed about the risk associated with ionising radiation and that detailed information on the exposure of the patient is included in the report of the radiological procedure.