1. Tradition dictates that all the family members of a patriline clan should go together to sweep their common ancestors'tomb.
2. The complexity of the political system in the country dictates that ratification of the treaty must go through seven chambers.
3. Standard practice dictates that a client signs a contract with a law office when entrusting it to handle its legal affairs.
4. He and his associates researched the arcana of film music, coming up with a model that dictates what they will spend in advance on rights.
5. But he would not divulge what it would be, saying that courtesy dictates that he should leave it to NCPA to make the announcement.
6. Before they cut down a tree, their custom dictates that they plant a new one.
7. Which makes transparency a matter of course for the Party that dictates the fundamentals of Chinese national development.
8. Traditional Chinese dogma dictates that public officials should not interfere in family affairs.
9. Industrial regulation dictates that commercial banks not be listed until securing strategic investors but such investors are almost exclusively foreign.
10. Many critics put the blame on China's tax law, which dictates too small an exemption for corporate donations.