Sentence examples for dictated terms from inspiring English sources

This was mainly in the sixties and seventies, when the publications and their writers dictated terms.

Asked about the European response over the past two years, during which Berlin has often dictated terms and encountered strong resistance in Brussels, Paris, and at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Merkel said: "Good politicians always have doubts, as a way of constantly reviewing whether they are on the right track".

Where are you, at the end of the harrowing scene in the courtroom, when Portia asks the man she has outmaneuvered and ruined whether he agrees to the terms she has dictated, terms that include the provision that he immediately become a Christian?

"Collectively they looked more like the unit that won the Championship, and dictated terms throughout.

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

Sir Chris Woodhead, a former chief inspector of schools, dictated terms to the Major and Blair governments on parts of education.

As the buyer, AOL felt entitled to dictate terms.

Again they attempted to dictate terms and failed miserably.

But he added: "Russia cannot dictate terms to them.

The government is in no position to dictate terms.

They moan that music retailers dictate terms to them.