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The assistant experimenters were warned not to reveal these expectations to the subjects, and, indeed, they were not allowed to use their own words in instructing the subjects, but had to read the instructions from written scripts (which were the same regardless of the experimenters induced expectations).
It also said the chief constable might be considered to have perverted the course of justice "by instructing officers to complete statements with evidence which is not true".
When the ABC bureaucracy turned down his plea – instructing him to just box them up and ship them to Sydney – the Community and Public Sector Union got involved and asked ABC management to reconsider.
After instructing his church congregation on Sunday to pray round the clock for their political faith to prevail, Mr Paisley took his seat at the same table as Sinn Féin yesterday as the parties read out their proposals for a review of the Good Friday agreement.
"If I told you there was a spate of muggings in Hyde Park and to be careful, does that mean I'm instructing you in the art of mugging or does it mean I'm giving you a warning about a practice I've been made aware of?" asks Morgan.
Beyond the sheer graphic impact of so much disease, distortion and disfigurement, what distinguishes them is an acute paradox: here the styles and modes of bygone eras are used not to prettify people or create a picturesque landscape, but to render the pathological as clearly as possible with a view to instructing physicians.
The same day it went in, I sent an email instructing the bank to transfer the funds – some of which were in euros and some in sterling – to the UK, but on Saturday morning the news broke that Cypriot banks were in major financial difficulty".
Because graphic novels are popular, I included illustrations: Bingo at a chalkboard, pointer in paw, instructing Abe; Abe kicking his heels together as Uncle Gabe emerges from the crypt, etc.
It says that NISS exercises rigorous censorship on newspapers and other media outlets by sending messages to editors instructing them not to discuss issues it deems to be beyond "red-lines" related to "national security".
According to Memetov, Crimea's internal politics, information and communications ministry has been monitoring the channel's coverage, instructing it to ignore negative issues and to show more of the republic's new Moscow-backed leadership.
It secured a resolution in Canada's parliament instructing the country's negotiators in world-trade talks not to accept changes to a price-support scheme.Those who have taken on the dairy farmers have usually lost.
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The primary grammatical function of "instructing" is as a present participle or gerund , typically used to form continuous verb tenses (e.g., "is instructing") or as a noun (e.g., "the art of instructing"). Ludwig AI confirms its usability in various contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
