The phrase "action is dictated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how decisions or behaviors are influenced or determined by external factors or rules.
Example: "In this situation, the action is dictated by the regulations set forth by the governing body."
Alternatives: "action is determined" or "action is governed".
This action is dictated by the callously offhand behaviour of her lover, the 30ish Freddie Page, a handsome, feckless, sexually vigorous ex-Battle of Britain pilot.
In 2004, Secretary of State Colin Powell officially characterized the violence in Darfur as "genocide" — but then testified that "no new action is dictated by this determination".
The action is dictated by the moderator - played by Maureen - and the audience hears the story from different perspectives, including the young man under threat, his mother and the man behind the paramilitary-style attack.
The spatial profile of BMP action is dictated not by its receptor distribution, which is uniform, but by a "prepattern" (i.e., a molecular pattern prefiguring the cellular one) of the diffusible morphogen itself, which in the autopod takes the form of narrow crescents at the tips of the forming digits [30].
Its action was dictated by the command of this Court that 'an honest and intelligent forecast of probable future vlaues, made upon a view of all the relevant circumstances, is essential.' State of Missouri ex rel.
"My actions are dictated by my conscience," he said.
He knew that their actions were dictated by ignorance, and as he said from his hospital bed, they had nothing to do with Islam.
Because servicers' actions are dictated by the best interests of the investors in the mortgage pools, loan modifications that minimize the kinds of losses typically seen in foreclosure should be an easy sell.
Eshoo said her actions were dictated by Ford's desire for complete confidentiality about her allegations as she worked through whether and how to bring them to the attention of those vetting Kavanaugh and, potentially, the public.
Asked by panel facilitator Connie Cagampang Heller, the co-director of Linked Fate Fund for Justice, how to approach villains in a society built on belonging, powell said the focus must be on structures and institutions, not individuals whose actions are dictated by those structures.
In the herd, one's actions are dictated by the whims and the irrationality of the masses.
