Sentence examples for upon receiving instructions from inspiring English sources

Rodney, instead of trying to block the approach to Newport, returned to the West Indies, where, upon receiving instructions to attack Dutch possessions, he seized Sint Eustatius, the Dutch island that served as the principal depot for war materials shipped from Europe and transshipped into American vessels.

The cold, weary astronauts slept fitfully between receiving instructions on spacecraft separation and reentry maneuvers they would soon undergo upon approaching Earth.

Perhaps receiving instruction directly from Woodrow Wilson's ghost?

They were both receiving instruction from the same Dominican priest.

Upon arrival, the participants first received instructions in a separate waiting room.

Upon receiving survey instructions explained by the assistants, participants were asked to fill out a survey questionnaire which lasted about 30 minutes.

For example, upon receiving the instructions and encountering the first few example trials, those who performed the high-load task might have decided to engage more in the task than those who performed the low-load task.

I have just received instructions".

They receive instructions from dispatchers, who are like coaches.

Leadbeater wrote to Besant that he had received instructions from Koot Hoomi: They have lived long in hell; try to show them something of Paradise.... Teach them to use spoons and forks, nail brushes and tooth brushes, to sit at ease upon chairs instead of crouching on the ground, to sleep rationally on a bed, not in a corner like a dog.

They also receive instructions for error correction.