"set an ultimatum" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
An example sentence is: "I insisted that he set an ultimatum for when he wanted the project completed."
Mr Hunt also set an ultimatum for doctors' union the British Medical Association, with whom he has clashed this week over weekend working for consultants.
Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, proposed the UN set an ultimatum for Iraq to demonstrate "full, unconditional, immediate and active cooperation" by March 17, but France made it clear it would veto such a resolution.
The North's leader Kim Jong-Un has declared a "quasi-state of war" in front-line areas and set an ultimatum for Seoul to halt its broadcasts after an exchange of artillery fire on Thursday that claimed no casualties but further escalated tension.
· March 14: The French president, Jacques Chirac, removes any lingering doubts about France's intentions on Iraq, confirming to Mr Blair in a brief phone call that France was willing to seek a compromise on disarming Saddam but would not accept any UN resolution that set an ultimatum.
14 March: The French president, Jacques Chirac, removes any lingering doubts about France's intentions on Iraq, confirming to Blair in a brief phone call that France is willing to seek a compromise on disarming Saddam but would not accept any UN resolution that set an ultimatum.
His assessment will not have helped to persuade sceptical members of the security council, who will be asked next week to vote for a resolution setting an ultimatum that could lead to war.
If it were not Bill Clinton there, standing on the White House lawn, basically setting an ultimatum to the Indonesian military to allow in an international force, probably we would not be free.
So in 2010 Deo set himself an ultimatum: "Get rich or die tryin'".
In September the Europeans set Moscow an ultimatum for re-opening the talks, demanding that Russian troop positions and numbers be returned to the pre-conflict levels.
Volkswagen publicly denied today it had set Porsche an ultimatum for agreeing on a merger deal, after Porsche bosses had accused their rival of "extortion".
The speech comes after Trump began his third year in office last month during a partial government shutdown that ended only after the president set a Feb. 15 ultimatum to get his wall — with a threat to declare a national emergency if he is rebuffed.
