Sentence examples for like a directive from inspiring English sources

It sounds like a directive from The Riot Club.

Perhaps it's because phrases like "social media buzz" sound like a directive from the marketing department.

Every text reads like a directive; every work is interpreted with clodhopping literalism; all are construed as political messages.

But the committee must make its decision based on specific guidelines, like a directive to maximize profits for Iraq and to keep the contracting process transparent, Mr. Shahristani said.

Julius speaks directly into Quanza's ear like giving a directive to a child that has misbehaved in public.

"I don't think he's capable of giving a directive like that.

"There is no where else in the country where a mayor has given it a directive like this and taken it on as aggressively".

A directive like "trilling on the strings with thimble-capped fingers" is so delightful that it almost invites exaggeration -- that is, bad acting -- in its execution.

Mr. Kohnstamm urged the commission to draft the new privacy rules through regulation, a measure that would give E.U. member states little wiggle room in their implementation of the law, rather than via a directive, like the current law, which creates more latitude.

More recent developments, like the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament, and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels, does not change this target, but addresses sustainability criteria for the production of biofuels.

Ordinarily, a directive like a DNR clause provides reliable guidance for action.