Sentence examples for several directives from inspiring English sources

New York police officials say that their policy manual includes several directives instructing officers to use the minimum amount of force necessary.

Gordon, the owner of a one-car team, was disqualified from the Nextel Cup race Sunday in Long Pond, Pa., because Nascar said he blatantly disregarded several directives from officials during the race in Montreal.

Since taking over in June as commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal has issued several directives aimed at winning over the Afghan population, sometimes at the cost of forgoing attacks on Taliban fighters.

He issued several directives to Mr. Weinstein that will take effect within months, like the speed limit change, as well as a discount for parkway drivers using E-ZPass, so that drivers in off-peak hours will pay 30 cents, and 33 cents in peak hours, instead of the 35-cent standard toll.

Last week, when Maureen Castaneda, a former Enron executive, disclosed that the company was continuing to shred documents in its accounting department, the company insisted that it had issued several directives stating that "all relevant documents should be preserved in light of pending litigation".

An accompanying report also contains several directives that biomedical research advocates are eyeing warily.

The Swiss are currently exercised over several European directives, including those covering finance, chemical factories and the movement of labour.

Several EU directives maligned by Eurosceptics and industry groups played a key role in reaching the non-binding efficiency target of reducing final energy use 20% by 2020 compared with projected use that year, according to the report.

"There are several airworthiness directives that cover the same piece of real estate on an airplane," said John J. Goglia, a former board member at the National Transportation Safety Board, the agency that investigates accidents.

General McChrystal, who is in command of roughly 110,000 American and other NATO troops — and will soon be getting 30,000 more American troops — has issued several similar directives intended to reduce the harm to Afghan civilians.

And there's several different directives and regulations in question.