I don't let this list dictate my life or determine what I have to do for the day.
How much influence this buys the Americans is debatable: they tread a fine line between giving advice and appearing to dictate.
What right have you to dictate to others?
Perhaps budget limitations, for instance, dictate that accounting is not involved in the design initially.
The direction is up to each of us and the first steps we take each day will dictate which path we ultimately follow.
Manifest attributes can dictate which versions the application can use.
We believe parents do have the right to dictate their children's reading, but that right exists for their children alone and should not be extended to others.
The framework does not dictate or prescribe a notation or an order in which cells are to be filled, as this knowledge lies beyond its goal of providing a reference structure.
But he added: "Of course it's a worry when anybody takes it upon themselves to dictate what people should or should not read."
Our city's adaptability during the transitional period will dictate the economy.
This is Pakistan and the United States cannot dictate to the Pakistani military.
The guidelines often dictate how to format different types of data or what color and font to use for text.
Although a program’s minimal working set is almost certainly part of each user’s full working set, individual user preferences and job requirements will dictate which additional features are included.
And if 2009 sees the inauguration of a greener President, he or she will now have the power to dictate stricter fuel efficiency, in the form of lower CO2 emissions, without reference to Congress.
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