Sentence examples for dictated policy from inspiring English sources

Owen dictated policy, and personified the SDP in the eyes of the public.

Back then, the central board of education, which chose the schools' chancellor and dictated policy, was appointed by six elected officials, and often was hopelessly fractured.

A paranoid fear of bad publicity dictated policy and during the 1980s in particular there were several high-profile incidents involving defections and players shoplifting at Heathrow Airport.

The UAP, the immediate predecessor to today's Liberal party, was run, organised and funded by a cabal of business figures in Melbourne who called the shots, selected the candidates and largely dictated policy.

They question whether it is right to conflate corporate responsibility with public health, citing examples where they fear the industry has dictated policy, and where pledges simply replicate existing standards.

In her book, "Can Russia Modernise?", she explains the difference between blat, low-level corruption in which the economy runs on an exchange of favours, and the full-blown sistema of the modern Kremlin.In the 1990s biznes in the form of the oligarchs captured the state and dictated policy to Mr Yeltsin.

"The European Union has undermined and sought to replace our democracy and has dictated policies that have led to mass unemployment," said candidate Andrew Jordan.

Furthermore, it was reported that final decisions made by a Kampuchean minister had to receive final approval from the Vietnamese adviser, who usually dictated policies.

He warned against allowing the "Arab street" to dictate policy.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's powerful defence secretary, growls that Tamil Nadu dictates policy to feeble Delhi.

– dictate policy to me, meaning if I didn't like something they didn't care.