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The phrase "give a direction" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to provide guidance or instructions on how to do something or where to go. Example: "Can you give me a direction on how to assemble this bookshelf?".
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Political manifestos give a direction.
Give a direction prohibiting any of those persons from returning to the area for a period of up to 24 hours.
Give a direction requiring any persons in the group who live outside the area to leave the area, either immediately or within a certain time.
A summary of his decision, issued today, said he "declined to give a direction" because "he considered that the court had not been given sufficient information to allow it to make such a ruling".
The secretary of state can give a direction only if she or he thinks it is necessary in the interests of national security or relations with a foreign country.
Asked whether his decision not to invoke a ministerial direction at this stage was politically influenced he said: "I certainly came under no political pressure either to give or not to give a direction… I wasn't unduly influenced by the politics.
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Occasionally, she gave a direction.
"We were never given a direction," she said.
However, the prosecuting authorities in Northern Ireland gave a direction not to prosecute anyone in connection with the death.
But she had no desire to travel without a purpose: Wild provided a sense of mission, gave a direction to her wanderings.
This review focuses on the structural features of Pth, giving a direction to structure-based drug design on this protein.
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