They were, after all, under orders from the Environmental Protection Agency to get rid of lead.
Under orders from regulators, they were mostly unable to pay dividends and repurchase stock.
The soldiers' defence was that they had acted under orders, and they have appealed.
And banks are strapped for capital and under orders from regulators not to take substantial new financial risks.
The Marines are under orders to search and interview all people attempting to enter or leave Iraq through Iran.
They are under orders from the judge not to speak about the case.
Immigration officials were polite but acting under orders "from above", Mr Xenophon said.
During the current budget year, the Census Bureau, under orders from Congress, has scattered a unit called Statistical Compendia Branch.
No doubt HR is under orders, while screening job applicants for the claims department, to seek out the most inept.
The soldiers said they were acting under orders from Major Dan Taylor, who was in charge of Camp Bread Basket.
The dam was reported to be still operational, with rebels under orders from their commanders not to interfere with the workers there.
Would it be a member of the criminal underground or covert national operative in another region of the world, acting under orders?
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Concern was growing along the region's vulnerable coast lines, where hundreds of thousands of people had been under orders to evacuate since Sunday.
The latter confirmed he was under orders to reduce the wage bill after Romanov warned he would no longer tolerate "mercenaries" at Tynecastle.
Several specialist crew members were left on board the toxic sub for about a day, because they were under orders to keep watch.
His boss was further up the queue, under orders from his wife to be swabbed and get the antibiotics - Cipro, to be exact.
But the Church lawyer who helped Archbishop Weakland prepare the case against Fr Murphy says that he was not under orders to halt the trial.
If a vessel attached to one of the three main flotillas believes that pirates have hostages under their control, it is under orders not to launch an attack.
The Big Three have been through this before: Between 1978 and 1982, under orders from Congress, Detroit lifted fuel standards in cars from 18 mpg to 24 mpg.
Some in Congress believe this cooperation fostered the climate of abuse, although Taguba said the soldiers should have known they were under orders to operate within the Geneva Conventions.
This explains why US President Barack Obama was at pains to stress that, in the operation against Bin Laden's compound, US special forces were under orders to avoid civilian casualties.
Headed by the finance minister, Edgar Millares, it is under orders to design a new customs strategy, to be on the president's desk no later than the end of May.
Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said the kidnappers were Algerian and operating under orders from Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) until late last year.
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Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said the kidnappers were Algerian and operating under orders from Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who was a senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) until late last year.
Under orders from the European Commission, Lloyds is selling 632 branches, equivalent to 22% of its branch network - and initial bids need to be received by mid July (which is a bit quicker than expected).
That movie included some of the more disturbing aspects of the story like the huntsman who, under orders from the Evil Queen, takes Snow White into the woods with the intention of cutting her heart out.
Apparently, Ms. Stiles, under orders to cut her budget by 25% (remember that recession?), opted to take a 40% reduction in her own personal salary rather than lay off a member of her staff, making her a heroine of the state.
PSAs therefore set out performance targets for each department (the Home Office, for example is under orders to reduce domestic burglary by 25% by 2005), which are monitored by the Treasury and taken into account when it is doling out money.
The NFL lockout wiped out a real free agency before Munchak's first season in 2011, and the Titans spent the first week of free agency chasing Peyton Manning under orders from owner Bud Adams before losing the four-time MVP to Denver.
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