But the disciples rebel at being instructed by a woman.
You are instructed by a hollow-cheeked, betel-nut-spitting, possibly tubercular teacher.
In France, though, Rabelais portrayed saints as fools, and coined the phrase: "The wise may be instructed by a fool".
A group of children, of an average age of 11, tried to play football, instructed by a 15-year-old.
He was then instructed by a seer to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, and thereby to break the impasse.
He is instructed by a wise if cautious fox, and by a sinister angel of death, the snake.
In one of the play's best and most celebrated scenes, Ui is instructed by a histrionic Shakespearean actor (Tony Randall) on how to present himself in public.
Unusually, I had been instructed by a court to conduct a risk assessment on a parent who was asking for her children to be returned to her.
Mr. Simpson had been instructed by a justice of the peace not to have contact with anyone involved in the case — not even by "carrier pigeon".
The subjects were instructed by a researcher in a white lab coat to deliver electric shocks to another participant, the "student".
The students teach full time and spend Saturdays on campus being instructed by a faculty that includes teachers, principals and superintendents from high-performing schools.
