Sentences with word «dictat»

Freedom from dictats reduces conflict in society.

The final, and in some ways most damning, objection to the proposed new Government arrangement for Greater Manchester is that it is being imposed by central government dictat, accepted by a local political elite who have chosen to compromise on this in order to get the devolution of powers and resources they crave.

Former soldier and lifelong Eurosceptic Mike wants the UK to reject dictats from supra national bodies and doing as it likes.

In an era of party dictats and machine politicians, Farron is refreshingly non-robotic.

Commentators who've been around since the days of Tony Blair — myself included — have long been schooled in the art of Prime Ministerial dictat.

No official dictat should prevent this happening in our classrooms.

2011: Document preparation is done by lawyers typing their own drafts directly into word processing programs, or in the case of «true lawyer - geeks,» by «dictat [ing] directly into the computer while the software types along.»

Never Mind the bull of style dictats, give your sundae shades some attitude and rock the house.

Democratic Republicans want a people's republic, decided by the citizens alone, and not a religion or dictat.

He reads from a dictat which said members of the committee should be investigated.

They want to look like MPs who put their constituents and party members first and the dictats of government whips second.

Now the only «dictat» is how willing readers are to pay that price for that length.

This does not absolve the court of its responsibility to make sure that its dictat is carried out, in the interests of fairness and the rule of law.