Sentence examples for if dictated from inspiring English sources

Would pension reform be any more palatable if dictated by Mrs Merkel rather than by commissioners?

It loops and doubles back and slides off the page, as if dictated by a broken compass.

The Memoirs of Lord Byron (1989) reconstructed the memoirs thought so scandalous by Byron's publisher, Murray, that they were burned in 1824, through surviving letters and journals, as if dictated by Byron's drunken spirit.

This can be an important issue in early stage drug development wherein costly, time-consuming synthesis of additional compound would be pursued only if dictated by basic proof-of-concept studies in mice, prior to advancing to PICV, Pirital virus [37], or BSL-4 arenaviral hemorrhagic fever guinea pig models [38], [39], [40].

These data point to the fact that a subsequent reoperation, if dictated by permanent histology, will carry a negative effect on local disease control and survival of the patients.

When the doctors left, I began to rattle off instructions to Mark, as if dictating a grocery list.

The page also explains how to properly use the feature if dictating your text appeals to you.

"My whole life," he adds pointedly, as if dictating the opening of an article, "has been about proving people wrong".

Then Joan Fontaine, cast as the meek governess, recites the book's first paragraphs, as if dictating a lesson in her schoolroom.

Sotomayor meanwhile occasionally speaks as if dictating text directly for use on inspirational posters: "I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth".

As if dictating where the cooking pot is kept in your hut makes up for being denied an education, being kept illiterate and unaware of your rights.