The phrase "dictate conditions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of specifying or imposing certain requirements or terms in a situation.
Example: "The contract allows the landlord to dictate conditions for the use of the property."
Alternatives: "set terms" or "impose requirements."
"It is for the British government to dictate conditions so the money supports the Rwandan people.
"Westminster is trying to dictate conditions so that they can decide the timing, the wording," she added.
At that meeting, Mr. Helms asserted that Congress had the right to dictate conditions for the payment of American debts to the group.
But King said he would not sign an agreement written by Lewis's lawyers because he made the original offer and wanted to dictate conditions.
Contending that Congress has the right to dictate conditions for the payment of more than $1 billion in debts, Mr. Helms warned the United Nations that Americans will "cast it aside" if the organization fails to meet their expectations.
Senator Jesse Helms went to the Security Council offering a "hand of friendship," but then went on to contend that Congress had the right to dictate conditions for the payment of American debts to the organization.
Britain has been the strongest advocate of leaving the sector in, on the grounds that it is a mistake to start dictating conditions and exempting areas before the negotiations even start.
The world wants to humiliate Palestinians to go back to the uneven talks in which Israel dictates conditions rather than negotiate in good faith and based on relevant international agreements and resolutions.
The staff was ambivalent, set limits and dictated conditions for parental participation [ 12].
The more zero grazing and smaller herds observed in Kampala compared with Gulu could probably be a result of a stronger human population pressure in the capital dictating conditions for UPU farming such as number of cows and access to grazing land [ 17, 18].
However, Fairphone admits that with its small order of 25,000 phones, it cannot dictate worker conditions at a factory it does not own.
