Sentence examples for dictated he from inspiring English sources

If Obama had intended to stick to the standard "no comment" that tradition dictated, he changed his mind.

If Saddam Hussein persists in his refusal to destroy Iraq's Samoud missiles, as weapons inspectors have dictated, he will be making a grievous miscalculation.

— — JACK EWING, FRANKFURT We thought that when Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos, head of Greece's caretaker government, tried to resign earlier Monday that he had forgotten that the law dictated he stay until a new government is sworn in.

The game was postponed a week because of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who had discreetly rooted for Navy, although protocol dictated he switch sides at halftime.

The CBF intervened and forced him to play, since there was a hidden part of the Nike-CBF contract that dictated he had to play in the World Cup final.

Temperament has also dictated he does most of his work on Long Hill; months ago, he refused for days in a row to cross the road that separates it from Warren Hill and Palmer gave up trying to insist.

"You can't dictate," he says.

"The market will dictate," he said.

In the modern world he can no longer hope to dictate; he must persuade.

As tradition dictates, he was dragged to the Speaker 's chair to assume the post.

On 25 minutes, the athletic full-back Gary Stevens, as convention dictates he be described, overran the ball, enticing Beglin to slide in and clear, which he did.