The part of the sentence 'follow directives' is an acceptable and oft-used phrase in written English.
As verb, it means to obey orders or instructions given by someone. An example sentence could be: "Employees are expected to follow directives from their supervisors."
The mayor's aides have said that he will follow directives from the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.
Some free press advocates worry that a mainland entrepreneur could face intense pressure from the Chinese government to restrict news coverage or to follow directives of the propaganda arm of the Communist Party.
Regardless of profession, clinicians had more positive attitudes about psychiatric advance directives when they correctly recognized that they were not required by state law to follow directives that note the patient' s refusal of appropriate medical treatment.
Are we, as Americans, to just mindlessly follow directives and sing lyrics for the sake of tradition?
Unless there is accountability for every person, there is no incentive positively or negatively to follow directives.
Some view leadership as simply telling others what they should do -- dictating a path and pushing people to follow directives.
Students seriously followed directives during the evacuation and teachers and campus support staff were exceptionally professional in supervising and leading the children throughout the departure.
Some have followed directives to cover up these civilians' deaths.
Following directives to avoid leading the Covenant to Earth, Cortana, the AI aboard the fleeing UNSC ship Pillar of Autumn, selects random coordinates that lead the ship to a Halo installation.
The study was approved by the IIS-FJD animal ethics committee and followed Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.
The panel cannot compel the city to follow its directives.
