Sentence examples for instructed to lie from inspiring English sources

They had earlier been instructed to lie about the card.

Those soldiers were instructed to lie to Kevin about what had happened.

These allegedly seminal studies look exclusively at unproblematic, intelligent people who were instructed to lie about trivial matters in which they had little stake.

Dylan Farrow alleges she was led to a "dim, closet-like attic" and instructed to lie on her stomach and play with her brother's train set while Allen sexually assaulted her.

Studies have shown that it works fairly well in the lab on normal volunteers (such as students) instructed to lie about imaginary crimes, but real-life field tests are lacking.

Among the problems with using fMRI for lie detection, for instance, is the fact that the studies demonstrating its efficacy are based on lies about trivial matters — say, what playing card you've been shown — elicited in laboratory situations, in which mostly healthy, young, non-criminal subjects are instructed to lie.

The participants were instructed to lie calmly in a comfortable chair and keep the eyes open without blinking.

Prado will be instructed to lay off the pace and make a run later in the race.

The Hill's rep I met coming in told me that the shops were instructed to lay the horse for up to £400 per customer at that price when the doors first opened at 9am this morning.

"You know what it's like to watch a little girl get pushed down and shot point blank in the face while we're trying to save her?" Asked about McLaughlin's arrest, a spokeswoman for the Morton County sheriff's office said she "refused to cooperate during the intake and assessment" and was escorted into an "isolation cell" where she was instructed to lay on a jail mattress and change.

Throughout the scanning, subjects were instructed to lay in the scanner supine, relax, close their eyes but be awake.