Sentence examples for ordered to explain from inspiring English sources

Those who skipped sessions were tracked down by teachers and ordered to explain their absences.

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has been ordered to explain why it supplied "doctored" evidence to the inquiry into the death of child abuse victim Victoria Climbié.

The order was issued in a contempt hearing in which diocese lawyers and priests were ordered to explain why they should not be sanctioned for trying to move church money without court authorization.

On day one of his detention Xie Yang claims he was shackled to a metal chair and ordered to explain why he had joined an illegal anti-Communist party network.

Hervé Gaymard had been ordered to explain to the prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, "by the end of the week" why he had moved his family into a £9,800-a-month flat at the taxpayers' expense when he already owned a Paris apartment.

But, on reporting that fact to his superiors, he was told to "shut up" and ordered to "explain how to assist the Iraqi police in finding more detainees".

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In order to explain consciousness and self-awareness.

You need the soul in order to explain free will.

In order to explain this behaviour several hypotheses are discussed.

An example is shown in order to explain the method.