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Example sentences for "receive instruction"

  • And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.

  • And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces: when I taught them early in the morning, and instructed them, and they would not hearken to receive instruction.

  • My son, from thy youth up receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs thou shalt find wisdom.

  • The veterinary surgeons of the lowest grade are sent here upon their first appointment to receive instruction in equitation, to profit by the study of the model stud, and to learn the routine of their duties with the regiments.

  • In order in future to quicken their attention whilst on service, and to form their judgment, I have ordered them to receive instruction in the art of war, and they will be obliged to give reasons for all they do.

  • In other words, the only idea of the military academy, at that time, was a place appointed where the officers of engineers might give or receive instruction, when not on other duty.

  • Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

  • Is it your opinion that the negro children are as ready to receive instruction as white children?

  • To learn is to receive instruction, and to teach is to give instruction.

  • Defn: Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

  • All of these islands are included in your Majesty's kingdom; all pay tribute, and in sufficient quantities to entitle them to receive instruction.

  • For this they deserve some reward, such as the concession made to them in the second conclusion, which seems sufficient return for the little value of all that will be done for the Indians until they receive instruction.

  • There are no schoolhouses in these districts but the officials designate certain houses[3] as the places where children go at stated times to receive instruction.

  • That is to say, every community enjoys school advantages, and every child in the entire state is privileged to receive instruction for a certain number of weeks each year at the expense of the state.

  • The committee must also see to it that children of school age, not in attendance at the state primary schools, receive instruction in such quantity and of such quality as to meet all state requirements.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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