Those families were allowed to appeal the agency's decision, but many said they received confusing, contradictory or incomplete instructions as they tried to do so.

Martin shakes his head at this barrage of contradictory instructions.

He had also been able to operate for the first time without receiving contradictory instructions from Dalhousie.

I've been getting contradictory instructions that sound like they have the force of direct orders.

The robot had been unable to coordinate the contradictory instructions.

Norrell keeps plaguing us with contradictory instructions.

They were shoving people and barking all sorts of contradictory instructions.

Judge Boyd gave the jury two apparently contradictory instructions.

At the end of the trial, Judge Sempronius H. Boyd gave the jury two contradictory instructions.

Others described being sent from one government office to another searching for documents, as they fruitlessly tried to comply with contradictory instructions.