noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
explicit instructions
▪ The kidnappers gave us explicit instructions not to involve the police.
Follow...instructions
▪ Follow the instructions very carefully when filling in the form.
give orders/instructions
▪ She certainly likes giving orders.
▪ They were given strict instructions not to tell anyone.
instruction/training/reference etc manual
▪ Consult the computer manual if you have a problem.
obey an order/command/instruction
▪ The first duty of a soldier is to obey orders.
step-by-step guide/approach/instructions etc
▪ a step-by-step guide to making it in the music business
strict orders/instructions
▪ He’s left strict instructions not to be disturbed.
verbal agreement/instructions etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
basic
▪ A computer needs one cycle to process a basic instruction.
▪ The companies are likely to provide basic instruction on how to use the computer.
▪ Netscape's is adequate for basic instructions.
clear
▪ These are mostly fairly straight forward with clear and concise instructions for jellies, jams, dumplings and suchlike.
▪ Her favorite goddess had vanished, leaving clear instructions, however.
▪ It gives clear detailed instructions, answers queries and suggests ways to improve your technique.
▪ Notice that a clear accumulator instruction can be seen as such an instruction with an implied operand value of zero.
▪ It is therefore vital to take clear and full instructions before beginning to draft.
▪ All tapes carry clear instructions about a strict embargo until broadcast on Christmas Day.
▪ I don't mean art should be as clear as the instructions on a packet of seeds.
detailed
▪ It gives clear detailed instructions, answers queries and suggests ways to improve your technique.
▪ To convert the principle into practice he needed detailed instructions from the centre.
▪ More detailed instructions will be found taped on the walls over the appliances concerned.
▪ There is much to see, and hopefully the detailed instructions and maps will prevent you from getting lost.
▪ Colette had written three pages of detailed instructions about every room and gadget.
▪ It was in character that he referred to detailed oral instructions about all this.
▪ The detailed instructions which were obtained were followed, and the famous garden flourished in the sand dunes as a direct result.
▪ Both products come with detailed instructions for use.
explicit
▪ Special manuals provide explicit and elaborate instructions as to the creating of different icons and the use of different kinds of material.
▪ Her explicit instructions were not to get involved, nor ever to reveal her real purpose there.
▪ Such an approach occasionally misrepresents the composer's explicit instructions.
full
▪ The half-day courses include two hours practical experience of firing and driving with full instruction on safety and how the engine works.
▪ Each packet includes a leaflet giving full instructions for successful cultivation.
▪ Walks in South Somerset gives full instructions and a detailed map for ten walks ranging from 2-1/2 to seven miles long.
▪ Installation is claimed to be a simple d-i-y job, and full instructions are supplied.
▪ It is attractively packed with full instructions and makes an ideal present for any gardener.
▪ The plants will be despatched at the end of September, with full cultural instructions.
▪ Included in the package is the alloy frame, a fine-toothed blade, allen key and full instructions.
▪ Young plants in each of the three colours will arrive in late March, with full planting instructions.
further
▪ Once fired, they do not require further instructions from the launch platform.
▪ What I felt as she stood there, waiting for further instructions from Sister Mary, was a moment of envy.
▪ When a further instruction stated that vessels used in services were not exempt, the Patriarch Tikhon told the faithful to resist.
▪ The women needed no further instruction.
▪ A senior staff member should contact the resident's doctor who will give further instructions.
▪ They too had been promised further instruction on the ground, but there was no one to provide it.
▪ Once the initial skills have been mastered, progression relies upon plenty of practice interspersed with further instruction and coaching.
▪ When she arrived in Hollywood, she had taken further instruction from Earl Daugherty, who taught her stunting.
religious
▪ In return, local authorities were empowered to appoint the teachers in such schools for all subjects other than religious instruction.
▪ She started giving children religious instruction and grew to love teaching.
▪ Gradualism had failed to secure the collaboration of masters or their agents in educating or providing religious instruction for the slaves.
▪ More prayers, more training, sometimes with live firing, followed by more religious instruction.
▪ Before the 1988 Act, the governing bodies had control only over religious instruction.
▪ Can students receive religious instruction during school hours?
▪ It laid down guidelines for religious instruction.
▪ There the religious instruction started by his father, who for all the lean years had been his schoolteacher, continued.
simple
▪ Installation is made easy by using the fixing kit and simple instruction booklet that is supplied with the hood.
▪ And only the simplest of computer instructions were allowed.
▪ Donors will be responsible for assembly, for which simple instructions will be provided.
▪ She was an automaton, carrying out the simple instructions of her neural program: If whit fly occupied, withhold sperm.
▪ You can keep your carpet in good condition and looking beautiful by following the simple instructions suggested in this leaflet.
▪ In the simplest case an instruction tests for all, some or none of the bits being set to one.
▪ Following the simple instructions in this leaflet should solve the problem.
▪ Computing Techniques Today we build an electronic digital computer and program it with a set of simple logical instructions.
special
▪ This led to an unfortunate incident at Leamington Station in 1874. Special instructions were issued to keep the station completely private.
▪ This child would normally be given special reading instruction.
▪ This card has no special instructions under the picture but does have a slight variation in the symbols.
▪ A better method is to provide a special supervisor call instruction which causes a distinguishable interrupt into the supervisor to be generated.
specific
▪ An instinct involves not only the impulse to do something, but also specific instructions on how to do it.
▪ The patient is not given any specific instruction.
▪ I also remember a specific instruction: come alone.
▪ The book gives fairly specific instructions to make choices in order to simply.
▪ These examples show clearly that the human genetic code does not contain specific instructions to behave in a particular way.
▪ Get detailed and specific instructions on planting.
▪ It may be run at other time during the working day on specific instruction.
▪ Further, it is not the standard for pharmacists to provide a specific patient instruction sheet when dispensing sildenafil.
verbal
▪ In the light of this distrust in the effectiveness of verbal instruction, what was Rousseau's opinion of reading?
▪ Students are therefore required to comply with all verbal or written instructions on safety given to them by staff.
▪ He gave no verbal instruction but occasionally would gesture with his hand, like a conductor.
▪ The learner acts appropriately on receiving verbal instructions or requests.
▪ She unpacked a self-locating mine, punched in her identifier and gave it a simple verbal instruction.
▪ They are non-verbal tests, though there are verbal instructions which had to be translated into sign for deaf participants.
▪ Photographs of children carrying out each step provide visual reinforcement of the verbal instructions.
written
▪ The adjutant directed him to the hospital next door, giving him written instructions on how to find the ward.
▪ Inefficiency obviously arises because of the necessity to reduce everything to written instructions.
▪ Problems may arise with obtaining written instructions for the lace carriage and motif cams.
▪ Students are therefore required to comply with all verbal or written instructions on safety given to them by staff.
▪ A diagram is easier to follow than written instructions.
▪ On 26 October 1856 Alexander gave written instructions to Nazimov to collect the ideas of the north-western gentry more systematically.
▪ What he experienced through his hands made more sense to him than written words of instruction.
▪ For this intarsia collar, follow the written instructions at the same time as following the intarsia chart.
■ NOUN
book
▪ Where a manufacturer's instruction book specifies the use of alkaline batteries, then these should be used.
▪ There are very full instructions for doing this on pages 125 to 132 in the instruction book.
▪ LEFT-HANDED Chapman Stick, including case lead and instruction book, £500.
▪ An instruction book is included in the box, with helpful hints and suggestions for projects.
▪ Change-ringing combinations are almost endless, and the instruction books look like circuit diagrams for a missile.
▪ I was wondering if you have, or know where I can get, an instruction book.
▪ Also does anyone have an instruction book for a Singer Magic Memory.
▪ Pages 72 to 74 in the instruction book give details of reading the card.
library
▪ During recent years, librarians have become more aware of the need to evaluate programmes of library instruction.
▪ Motivation can be increased in another way - by introducing credits for library instruction courses.
▪ Psychometric methods have also been used in comparisons of two or more methods of library instruction.
▪ At the University of Denver Computer-Assisted Library instruction was developed in 1972 and used until 1977.
▪ Users also stated that they lied this type of audio-visual material for library instruction.
manual
▪ I think perhaps you should have paid more attention to Chapter 85 in your instruction manual.
▪ How she found the instruction manual.
▪ Several basic procedures are included in the instruction manual supplied with the de Fonbrune microforge.
▪ But another factor is that instruction manuals that usually accompany new computer hardware and software are difficult to understand.
▪ The company provide a glossy instruction manual and a telephone support service to make sure your project is a success.
▪ There is little point in reproducing the instruction manual here.
▪ Probably the instruction manual for the first vacuum cleaner.
▪ Stewart and Jones have produced something extremely rare - a computer instruction manual written with verve, life and humour.
set
▪ It may be uneconomic or too inflexible to implement in hardware all of a computer's instruction set.
▪ The full power of the instruction set is now available for manipulating each half of the product.
▪ To achieve a more uniform instruction set, such specialized registers are replaced by the use of accumulators in the array.
▪ How would you modify the instruction format and add to the instruction set?
▪ This computer has no machine code instruction set or data formats in the ordinary sense.
▪ You can also expect to see true multi-tasking and use of the faster 386 instruction set.
▪ But the advent of almost universal programming in high-level languages alters the requirements of a computer's instruction set.
▪ The run-time code is loaded on to a real processor and translated on the fly into the chip's native instruction set.
■ VERB
accord
▪ While the Quorn mixture is cooking, cook the rice according to the instructions.
▪ Meanwhile, prepare polenta according to instructions in recipe, but do not pour into pan to cool.
▪ Cook the rice according to the instructions.
▪ Bake free-standing loaves or rounds according to the instructions on pages 10-11.
▪ In the meantime, boil the rice according to the instructions.
▪ It puts these images in the right locations on your screen, according to instructions from the server.
▪ Bring to the boil and make the gravy according to the instructions.
▪ The whole business had been ordered from the Sears, Roebuck catalog and erected according to mail-order instructions.
carry
▪ I did not carry out their instructions very well so they had to be very precise in explaining things to me.
▪ She was an automaton, carrying out the simple instructions of her neural program: If whit fly occupied, withhold sperm.
▪ When the experiment was carried out using phone instructions however, only nine out of a group of 40 obeyed totally.
▪ A document carries data and often carries instructions about the actions to be performed on the data.
▪ Gabriel carried out Rose's instructions and kept the process of work going, ignoring the intense excitement of all the women.
▪ Some one who will carry out Detroit instructions.
▪ The radar beam which tracks the Patriot missile carries instructions updating it on which way to go to head off the enemy.
▪ And like a faithful friend, she had carried out these instructions to the letter; with one unforeseen eventuality.
contain
▪ Section 3.0 of these notes contain instructions regarding the use of such support.
▪ Discourse Model theories assume that language utterances contain instructions for building such models.
▪ It will contain two instructions or authorisations.
▪ The tapes contain instructions that guide the machines' cutting heads to shape components.
▪ These examples show clearly that the human genetic code does not contain specific instructions to behave in a particular way.
▪ Both records and timetables will contain messages and instructions specific to individuals if invalid module registrations have been attempted.
▪ One contains instructions for the activities, pronunciation models, and the chants and songs.
▪ The kit also contains a disposal instruction guide, temporary disposal bag and tie.
detail
▪ It gives detailed instructions on guerrilla warfare, converting shotguns into grenade-launchers and building home-made silencers for pistols.
▪ Necessarily, the authors have had to provide very detailed instructions on the use of various Excel commands.
▪ The theory necessary to understand the methods and interpretation of results is also included, as are numerous detailed instructions on experiments.
▪ It comes with a 52-page book with pictures and detailed instructions.
▪ Of course it was faintly possible that masons unused to waterproofing could nevertheless carry out the architects' detailed instructions effectively.
▪ Get detailed and specific instructions on planting.
execute
▪ The control unit executed first the left-hand instruction, then the right-instruction, of each word in the program.
▪ It has been designed to execute most single-word instructions in a single clock cycle through a four-stage instruction pipeline.
follow
▪ But have tried to follow your instructions and arrange to see people.
▪ More prayers, more training, sometimes with live firing, followed by more religious instruction.
▪ All he had done was follow instructions.
▪ Aside from easy-to-#follow wiring instructions, Cambridge SoundWorks guides you to proper speaker setup.
▪ Take care to follow instructions, Try to obtain lifting aids or ask whether these are available.
▪ The book includes a bag of balloons, a hand pump and easy-to-#follow instructions.
▪ This is the cheapest type of service, because all the broker has to do is follow your instructions.
▪ A film of Tuva will be shown, followed by instruction in throat-singing.
give
▪ Melissa could not catch the words, but it appeared that Gebrec was giving instructions which Fernand appeared reluctant to carry out.
▪ I assumed the instructions were given, but the instructions to the police were to use their own judgment.
▪ What he must do is to formulate an assertion which contradicts our own, and give us his instruction for testing it.
▪ The book gives fairly specific instructions to make choices in order to simply.
▪ It is necessary to give the parser instructions on how to search for the correct parse.
▪ They beep, whir, thank, apologize, greet, inform, and give instructions.
▪ In the former the student is given one unit of instruction and then tested.
▪ In Delhi, an International Labor Organization-backed pilot program gives instruction on how to rehabilitate discarded shoes.
include
▪ This includes giving instructions to the language helper and when communicating with any fellow students.
▪ If the program seemed useful, she would suggest that they renegotiate her contract for the next year to include language instruction.
▪ Several basic procedures are included in the instruction manual supplied with the de Fonbrune microforge.
▪ The latest issue of the San Francisco magazine Might includes instructions for bathroom attendants who want to boost their tips.
▪ Only a psychopath would include children in the instruction.
▪ Even courses in effective communication rarely include instruction on media use.
▪ Because of the frequency of occurrence of this device, most computers include instructions tailored to its use.
▪ Directions included detailed instructions of how children were to plant their garden experiments.
issue
▪ Most preschool children are well able to issue instructions.
▪ Based on the reports, he said he issued immediate instructions.
▪ The State Committee's resolution was issued on Yeltsin's instruction.
▪ After issuing instructions to Edelstein, Clanahan, and Boyd, the President adjourned the meeting until noon.
▪ Our policy is that Information memoranda should be issued only on the instruction of the disposing entity.
▪ For example, the manager of the Oldham branch of a clearing bank can not issue instructions to employees in the Huddersfield branch.
▪ They will then issue instructions as to the action you should take.
provide
▪ The tutor will provide instruction in methodologies involved in an investigation and in the interpersonal skills which may be required.
▪ The following chapters provide step-by-step instructions for practical applications.
▪ The company provide a glossy instruction manual and a telephone support service to make sure your project is a success.
▪ Failure to be more careful when dangers are greater-to provide careful instructions, clear warnings, and close supervision-would constitute negligence.
▪ We do not attempt to provide systematic instructions or guidelines as to how to establish Compacts.
▪ State officials put the price at up to $ 3 billion to provide a half-day of instruction for 1 million children.
▪ We don't provide formal instruction, but novices pick up a lot by sailing out and back in light winds.
▪ The activities of the business partners provide other sources of instruction and motivation for students besides those provided by teachers.
read
▪ Last I saw, a couple of hand-in-hand schoolkids had fished them out and were avidly reading the instruction leaflet.
▪ Finally I arrive at the Mairie and read the instructions.
▪ During one of these rest periods, I decided to read the instructions some more.
▪ Application Have your students read the information and instructions on the application sheet.
▪ These were great men of theater, and all they could do was read instructions to each other.
▪ Sit down and read the instructions fully. 2.
▪ But make sure you get and read safety instructions.
receive
▪ And if you intend to erect the garage yourself, you will of course receive comprehensive instructions that tell you where everything goes.
▪ The jury will then receive jury instructions and begin deliberations.
▪ Prior to sharing her young mistress's lessons, she received instruction in deportment and etiquette.
▪ Students in the more-advanced classes are more likely to receive better instruction and spend more time on learning.
▪ All men would receive instruction in women's rights as well.
▪ As a junior nurse it is important that you receive extra instruction and practice under supervision before caring for these patients.
▪ Can students receive religious instruction during school hours?
require
▪ Once fired, they do not require further instructions from the launch platform.
▪ This task requires comprehension of comparable instructions, but does not require left-sided information.
▪ The system being constructed will require its own operating instructions, maintenance procedures and perhaps safety regulations.
▪ The second assumption is that females require step-by-step instruction and continuing education in the arts and crafts of femininity.
▪ In many of the exercises pupils are required to follow simple instructions which involve colouring, cutting out, and sticking.
▪ This was required, so the instructions read, for other than commercial reasons: a submarine refuelling point, perhaps.
send
▪ He said traces showed irregularities but Mrs Busuttil was sent home without any instructions.
▪ Eight women sent away for instruction booklets, pliers, beads, crosses and hundreds of feet of wire.
▪ Some were sent on courses of instruction.
▪ It is not known who sent the instructions, nor exactly what they were.
▪ I am prepared to send instructions on peppermint cracking, with diagrams, if asked.
▪ This week it is sending out instructions to members not to administer or mark the tests.
▪ The defendant must show that he sent out adequate instructions.
write
▪ Unable to speak as a result of a stroke, he gave written instructions to strangers to have his lawyer fetch him.
▪ When writing instructions, mention advantages first, actions second.
▪ This allows us to write programs which incorporate instruction modification.
▪ She never gives orders out loud or leaves written instructions that might be found by a visiting wife or schoolteacher.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
medium of instruction
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ All the children receive religious instruction.
▪ Half an hour's instruction from an experienced horse-rider is much better than anything you can learn from a book.
▪ The trainees work at their machines under instruction from a supervisor.
▪ Young drivers come to us for instruction in safe and skilful driving.