Sentence examples for has long dictated from inspiring English sources

Circling and circling, circling and circling, with a circumference never any greater or less than our inaction has long dictated.

Mr. Iijima is also busy tweaking the bureaucracy, which has long dictated to politicians and prime ministers, although its power is fading fast.

Procter has long dictated how shoppers should perceive its products, from Gleem toothpaste ("For people who can't brush after every meal") to Jif peanut butter ("Choosy mothers choose Jif").

BA, which has long dictated aviation policy to British governments, duly offered to drop its resistance to open skies in exchange for approval for its link-up with American.Such an offer merited a far more robust and sceptical response than it has received.

Conventional wisdom has long dictated that implanting different metals should be avoided, but few guidelines exist regarding the safety of using in proximity implant systems of dissimilar metals.

The location or origin of a malignancy -- breast, prostate, pancreas, lungs -- has long dictated treatment choices for cancer patients.

The carriers have long dictated product cycles and phone features.

Chinese propaganda authorities have long dictated news coverage of foreign diplomats and visiting dignitaries, tuning reports to meet government purposes.

John Major was a mild Eurosceptic and in the great crisis of Black Wednesday, it was those three who prevented his Chancellor doing what common sense had long dictated.

The rhythms of Washington have long dictated that crises beget legislation, but Democrats insisted Thursday that these changes also represented a long-overdue response to the evolution of the financial industry.

It included prominent family names from both El Paso and Juárez and was the clearest possible expression of the intermingled political and financial interests that have long dictated the course of development on the border.