As we said, more complex instructions would take more time.

The instructions, which dealt with matters of law, took more than three hours.

In some cases the program is funded by a local government, but instruction takes place at a nonprofit organization, for example.

His instruction in foreign policy took place entirely during the cold war, when Moscow was the enemy.

Initial instruction takes three weeks, since they have to learn to drive all over again, on the right side of the car.

This is possible because each instruction takes a very short time to happen.

He has my personal instructions to take good care of the boy.

Each instruction takes 1, 2 or 4 machine cycles to execute.

The system's instructions take into account a person's possible terror at the keyboard.

Yet that instruction may take less than two minutes.