The conductor directed the orchestra in a rousing concert.    From LearnThat.org. 

A direct result of the accident.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A direct quotation.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

In direct sunlight.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases).    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A direct question.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

direct current.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A direct route.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The direct opposite.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The term direct action is often misunderstood as illegal actions.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Getting Hot In Here] Reference

It wasn't something particularly obscure either, but in the end I got so bored waiting I ordered it from the label direct and had it in a week.    From Wordnik.com.  [blogTO] Reference

One of the avenues is, what they call a direct file.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2003] Reference

There's -- to steal a term direct from Creative Writing 101 -- too much "telling" and not enough "showing.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mania News Feed] Reference

Now you can also roll over your old 401 (k) into your new employer's plan, but make sure you do what they call a direct rollover so you can avoid paying taxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2007] Reference

The mahamudra path is sometimes called the direct path.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on An Aspiration Prayer for the Definitive Meaning of Mahamudra ��� 4 Boon Experiences, Stable Realizations and Final Attainments] Reference

Payne's translation was made not direct from the Arabic but from.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference

Hence most cooperation is for a short term direct economic benefit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Aristotle were rendered into Latin direct from the Greek in the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference

British firms provide about half of the long-term direct investment.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE INTERNATIONAL IMPACT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION (1)] Reference

Bobby Jindal opposed the idea of another long-term direct cash subsidy.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Orleans Saints Central] Reference

Capital gains tax to be scrapped for long-term direct investment - Medvedev.    From Wordnik.com.  [RIA Novosti] Reference

Complete translations of all the plays made direct from the English were issued by.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles] Reference

No one person, or even inspired leader, is in direct control of what the future holds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anne Naylor: The Law of Empathy for Health and Well-Being] Reference

Australia's PM Kevin Rudd brags at home that he made a phone call direct to Indonesia's.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Iran could halt 20% uranium enrichment if given fuel] Reference

The major surplus and deficit countries are pursuing strategies that are in "direct conflict".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sobering thoughts from Mervyn King] Reference

"He doesn't know my cell number … I bet if I call his direct line he will answer¹," he stated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet PHP] Reference

No long-term direct effects are known to exist from ricin exposure that did not result in symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ricin toxicity] Reference

With an expected life of over 50 years, the Project will require a long-term direct work force of over.    From Wordnik.com.  [WA Business News - Latest News] Reference

He dismissed concerns his investments would be in direct competition with the family business, Sun Hung Kai.    From Wordnik.com.  [Former Sun Hung Kai Chairman to Set Up $1 Billion Fund] Reference

What is meant by the terms direct and indirect radiation, in giving capacity of steam generators for heating houses?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference

(Night Of The Stars) coverage of the celebrity arrivals direct from the Latin GRAMMY Awards green carpet starting at 7 p.m.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Since it's harder to argue for short-term direct benefits, it tends to lose battles to positions that are easier to explain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Confessions of a Community College Dean] Reference

III.c. 22, passed in 1696, actually prohibited any goods whatever from being imported to Ireland direct from the English colonies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish] Reference

In most cases, the relevant authors have had long-term direct experience of evaluation at the local, national and international levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 3] Reference

In the main that revival was based on translations from Arabic, but a certain number of works were also rendered direct from the Greek.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference

But in the long-term direct business actually has the highest margins over a longer period of time assuming that you keep that business.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

• We expect the focus of government spending to shift away from shortterm direct fiscal stimulus towards investment and infrastructure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Martin] Reference

Dr Malan himself stated that he had understood the message to have come from Mrs Denk's husband and not direct from the German government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rise of the South African Reich - Chapter 6] Reference

That's the word direct from the Taiwanese tech titan, which says Eclair will soon be doing its thing underneath that sleek HTC Sense skin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mirror.co.uk - News] Reference

The new reports project specific long-term direct and ripple economic effects on North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

The word "Magi" comes to the English language direct from the Greek, which in turn acquired it by gradual steps from the Persian, Chaldean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mystic Christianity] Reference