Sentence examples for was to order from inspiring English sources

Ward's first act was to order a reëvaluation of the plans for the site.

Her first priority was to order a skip; the second was to tackle the teaching shortcomings.

Mr. Taubman's first move was to order his chauffeur to pick him up posthaste.

One of Dickson's first moves was to order his boss off the boat.

The second was to order a surge in drone strikes in Yemen.

Her job was to order the trims: labels, hanging loops, buttons, zips.

It was now cheaper to acquire existing capacity than it was to order new capacity.

His response, Dr. Gutmann said, was to order stricter secrecy about his work.

His worst mistake was to order the shelling of Tskhinvali, South Ossetia's capital, on August 7th.

My job, as squad leader, was to order my soldiers where to go and what to do.

The answer, they realized, was to order more imaging for their patients — to push the indications where they could.