He generally works to raise money, to recruit men, to give directives.

The assorted committees that ran things in the interims reported to this meeting and were given new directives.

By placing the two amendments in the same bill, senators appeared to give contradictory directives to the president.

The military chiefs would give directives from behind the scenes.

Children are given directives and expected to carry them out without complaint or delay.

Many of these give effect to European Union directives.

And I also had to give further directives.

The decision whether or not to give directives involves the Home Secretary in making a delicate and difficult political judgment.

He was giving directives to the receivers about their routes and telling the running backs where to line up.

"Have we been given any new policy directives?"