The word "dictates" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to a rule or directive that must be followed, or something that exerts a controlling influence on the way something is done. For example: "The new company policy dictates that employees must take their lunch break between 12:00 and 1:00."
Indeed, aside from his longtime involvement with his experimental and often political theatre company Rain Dog (which originated as a way for Carlyle and his friends to 'unlearn' RSAMD's dictates), Carlyle has never been one to cosy up to other actors.
Ironically, Clinton recently recognised that disaster can result when Washington dictates other nations' policies.
Kabulwarnamyo seems to be an exemplar of a remote community asserting its determination to educate its young, despite the dictates of government, and of securing a future through astute, job-creating land management and cultural protection.
Clearly, best practice dictates that if a patient is deemed unwell enough to be assessed for detention under the Mental Health Act then this assessment should occur.
You move around the sculpture, and the whole of you, from the toes up, is concentrated in your left hand, which dictates the creation... ...... Hepworth worked like this most days, right up until the fire at her cottage in which she died in 1975, aged 72.
The proximity dictates what happens physically – you don't need to telegraph physicality in that kind of environment.
Although conventional wisdom dictates that it's better to eat shellfish in winter, clams are a great early summer treat.
Alamuddin wears tights as the temperature dictates and won't suffer goosebumps in the name of high fashion.
With more power than most players, she dictates rallies and though her radar can go astray from time to time, when it is set right, she is nigh unbeatable, especially on grass.
The presence of Demin dictates that not everyone has been swept away by the romance.
Lord Wallace of Tankerness said that while he understood the importance of the Salisbury convention – which dictates that the Lords does not oppose the second or third reading of any legislation promised in a governing party's election manifesto – the house "may wish to reflect on the strength of the mandate of the government".
