Sentence examples for had been direct from inspiring English sources

It appeared to be the first time civilians had been direct targets in the conflict.

Asked about Trump afterwards, he responded diplomatically, restricting himself to saying the US president's language had been "direct" and "frank".

And Thomas Gill, 28, was named direct response media buyer; he had been direct buyer at Doner.

Unlike the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal, which consolidated a transmission company and a content provider, the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile deal is a "horizontal merger" that would combine two companies that had been direct competitors.

Instead, it declared that the American Civil Liberties Union and the others who brought the case -- including academics, lawyers and journalists -- did not have the standing to sue because they could not demonstrate that they had been direct targets of the clandestine surveillance.

Three soldiers quoted in the A.P. reports said there had been direct orders, although one of the veterans, Edward L. Daily, later acknowledged that his recollections had been confused and that he had not been at the scene, despite his earlier claims to the contrary.

She said she called Verizon each month once she knew her paycheck had been direct-deposited onto her card.

His 2001 tax return had been processed speedily, and his refund check had been direct-deposited into his account at an HSBC bank branch in Manhattan.

People had been directed to move to the temples.

He had been directing a team there since 2007.

Helicopters had been directed to carry water to the plant.