Sentence examples for said to instruct from inspiring English sources

And because the bonobo is the "closest relative" of humans, its comportment is said to instruct us in the fundamentals of human nature.

He is said to have instructed Confucius on points of ceremony.

He was said to have instructed supporters not to take calls from Shas members seeking a compromise to stay in the government.

Putnam, according to town literature, is said to have instructed his men at Bunker Hill, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes".

He had been asked to do so by his commanding officer, Lord Lovat, who was said to have instructed Millin to ignore the War Office's ban on piping.

Green wore tattered black dresses that were laundered rarely (she is said to have instructed her cleaner to wash only the bottom portion of her skirts).

The most important public relations tactic Goldman and other banks may use, headhunters said, is to instruct their employees to keep their heads down.

"The hardest thing for me," the archbishop said, "is to instruct my people here in a way so they understand I'm not being disobedient to the pope".

One of her first acts, aides said, was to instruct Mark Penn, Mrs. Clinton's chief strategist and a polarizing figure in the campaign, to stay off television.

He was also instructed, he said, to prepare a 45-minute speech.

Gashut had been "instructed", he said, to prevent the plane from landing.