Sentence examples for dictate in from inspiring English sources

Some are saying the conflict is part of the "Arab Spring" – you know, that surge of popular unrest organised over Bebo that's left dictators with nothing to dictate in Egypt and Tunisia – but it's not, really.

"But one player doesn't dictate — in this sport, anyway — what happens.

Considering that the robots in Asimov's novel have a high level of intelligence, who do you think should dictate in the future: man or machine?

But there is a limit to how much Washington can dictate in a system where so much power lies with the states and those elected judges.

Its buying power enables it to dictate, in effect, what a Chinese manufacturer will get for producing goods that American consumers want.

DSPs leverage automation, technology built within the DSP allows the marketer to dictate in real time what they are willing to pay for a particular ad impression.

The genetic constitution dictates in part the host's response to environmental challenges.

"Touching the Rock" is the journal he dictated in the three years that followed.

Computer systems will soon begin dictating, in ever less subtle ways, the paths of our lives".

Coco Chanel dictated in the 1920's that the skirt should cover the unsightly kneecap.

The timing was dictated in part by the slow grind of rule-making.