dictate terms

You expect to dictate terms by leaving me no choice.

One race cannot and should never dictate terms to other races.

Consequently the Russians were in a position to dictate terms.

Having been about to propose a compromise, I was now in the happy position of being able to dictate terms.

Anyone with a fleet of ships like that could dictate terms to the whole world.

A medical college student, she dictates terms at the college.

The cigarette makers are hardly in any position to dictate terms to Congress or the public.

He said that the administration was not interested in negotiating, just dictating terms of a deal.

"Who do they think they are, trying to dictate terms to us?"

"They learned from them the techniques of dictating terms to others.

Currently, powerful insurance companies can unilaterally dictate terms of patient care.

"You, a common criminal, seek to dictate terms to me.

If he were sitting at Headquarters on the 46, his position would be strong and he could dictate terms.

It would be unfair for Scotland to try and dictate terms on their neighbours like that.

With the losses, the ability they long enjoyed to dictate terms has also evaporated.

If it wishes to stay in government, then it cannot dictate terms.

No central government should have the authority to dictate terms to local communities, who should decide for themselves.

Venables, despite being sick, came ashore on 25 May to dictate terms.

He had no doubts but that, for the moment at least, he could dictate terms to the general or to anybody.

With few options to check the Byzantine tide, he was well placed to dictate terms.

However, it is the former Inquisitor who dictates terms.

Yet we are still dictating terms to a country whose free elections are a model for its neighbors.

The guidelines dictate terms based on the weight of the cocaine seized from an offender.

He perked up at this idea, for then he would be in a position to dictate terms.

Because some men within them have given them the notion that they can dictate terms of service to their generals.