Sentence examples for directive are to from inspiring English sources

procedures forbid soldiers from firing in the general direction of their fellow-troops, including attacking a getaway vehicle, such procedures, according to the Hannibal Directive, are to be waived in the case of an abduction: "Everything must be done to stop the vehicle and prevent it from escaping".

The task of increasing collection rates of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is an important challenge in the global economy, and especially in the European Union where stiffer collection targets set out in a new WEEE directive are to be effective by 2019.

The aims of the proposed directive are to guarantee the free movement of chemical substances and preparations and to improve health protection and consumer safety by prohibiting the placing of CMR substances on the market for use by the general public.

"Our directive was to write a romantic comedy," Kohan says.

The aim of the Agency Directive is to harmonize the different laws in the EC.

(Panetta told a colleague that the directive was to "make love to Congress").

More than for its counterparts, the central bank's prime directive is to protect price stability.

D'Antoni's rotation is tight and his directive is to run.

Another apparent rhetorical directive was to mention not just small businesses but "family businesses," as often as possible.

These days, the headmaster says, the government's directive is to alleviate, rather than increase academic pressure on students.

Our directive was to do nothing but respond to their queries and attempt to fulfill their commands until the time came for us to destroy them".