"instruction from above" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It typically refers to a directive or guidance given by a higher authority or someone in a position of power. Example: The CEO's instructions from above were to cut costs and increase efficiency in the company.
Without instruction from above, the vast majority of women wear religiously modest dress and more and more men are bearded.
In a system like Russia's, in which the institutions of the state function less according to immutable bureaucratic rules and more in response to instruction from above, "the most important thing is control," the investigator explained.
He does not believe in any inner dualism, in the need to choose to be moral or to accept moral instruction from above (gods, philosophers or authority figures) because altruism, empathy and morality are innate in us.
Editorial decisions are usually made by individual programs, and instructions from above are rare, sources said.
With no clients, no regular contact with their superiors and no clear instructions from above, they set about educating themselves.
Lehrer hollered instructions from above, and two helpers arranged fringe pieces around the perimeter of the putting surface, which was slightly kidney-shaped.
"The question we need to get to is, Were there instructions from above".
"The Ukrainian doctors take care of her, but they stay under constant pressure and they always have to follow the instructions coming from above," Eugenia Tymoshenko said.
"That was all done at a local level by the Irish brigade with no instruction whatsoever coming from above," he recalled.
Among Mr. Lee's most appreciated qualities as an editor was the will to ignore foolish instructions from above.
"They've received a lot of instructions from above saying to be careful about what books get printed.
