Sentence examples for dictated days from inspiring English sources

It seemed as though we were all trying to live up to some perfectionistic pioneer reality that dictated days spent spinning from task to task, with seamless timing and effortless coordination.

He planned to take a day off when his wife gave birth to their second child, but a rainout dictated a day-night doubleheader last July 30.

To take his own measure of the war for The New York Times, Adam Nadel broke from the compulsions that dictate the days of many photographers in Baghdad, the suicide bombings and roadside explosions and assassinations that fill the morgues and the hospitals.

The timing of the Israeli election in 60 days dictated a very fast timetable.

The nannies congregated on the playground late afternoons, a better time for my writing schedule, dictated in those days by my son's naps.

"There was no real work schedule, no time schedule," Mr. MacPherson said, referring to days dictated by reports of unknown breaks and incoming swells.

To fall in with the Sami and their herds is to be part of a heritage that stretches back millennia - one of days dictated by the pace of the reindeers' steady trot, and of nights sharing stories round the fire under a chill, star-filled sky.

They will spend 20 hours over three days examining 18 documents with the purpose not only of establishing as best as possible what happened, but also with the stated purpose of providing "specific recommendations for assessment and monitoring and response protocols to reduce the risk and/or respond to subsequent such events," according to the document that dictated their three days together.

He had been dictating every day from Stp. 30th on.

The conventions of the day dictated that children should learn from their elders, but here hierarchy is reversed.

"We've played some brilliant cricket throughout the series, but especially in this Test, and dictated terms from day one.