Sentence examples for it dictated to from inspiring English sources

"I told him: 'I just want to be able to walk away from football when I feel like it, and not have it dictated to me,'" Hargreaves said.

Mangkusubroto says he decided early on that the Acehnese should choose how they wanted to rebuild their lives and shape their future, rather than have it dictated to them by the government or international aid agencies.

On one famous occasion a foreign sub editor in Cross Street asked Cooke for a hamburger recipe and found it dictated to copy for half an hour (at roughly the cost of his entire week's wages).

Governments want to control their own destiny as opposed to having it dictated to them.

"To have it dictated to us by the government is really disconcerting". Obama and his congressional allies are counting on business owners like Ealy to rally behind their proposals, as many already have.

As such it dictates to its substantial membership how to live their lives.

It says you are partners, but it dictates to you like you are an employee – you don't control your own working conditions.

Also, a strong influence is everyday life - it dictates to me what is important and what needs to be edited.

It was as if it was dictated to me, he said.

It was dictated to me — the pressure was serious, not a joke".

And he would never apologise for America, or say it had dictated to other nations.