To refrain from acting in any of these cases would have been to hand a veto to violent extremists. |
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At long last the day ended, and I fell into bed hoping to fall asleep quickly and refrain from thinking about the ball again. |
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Remember me fondly, and pray refrain from telling the children too many stories about my childhood misadventures. |
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Adults to refrain from drinking at under-age functions and Clubs to prohibit advertising at underage events. |
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You have ungallantly declined to refrain from pointing at our citizens the rifles we sold you. |
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They refrain from eating turtle meat for fear that this would make their child slow-moving and slow-witted. |
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Please refrain from wearing brighter colours like pink, bright green, and neon yellow. |
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Please refrain from spamming our message boards like you did the other day. |
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Prices may rise and consumption may fall as individuals refrain from purchasing new cars, computers and other non-essentials. |
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Hi All, I know this is a very spiny issue, but please refrain from posting ads offering analytical services. |
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We hope you will refrain from letting ads that have half-naked women into your classy magazine. |
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Soldiers were told to hide crosses and Stars of David, refrain from overt displays of religion, and they were prohibited from drinking alcohol. |
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I shall refrain from unwarranted capitalisations in the middle of sentences. |
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I could say more but, it being the season to be jolly, I will refrain from further castigating my friends in the legal profession. |
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They must refrain from oppression and injustice and should help the persecuted. |
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He was also made the subject of a legal order, which forced him to refrain from any discussion whatsoever of the proceedings. |
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To refrain from hurting others and to abandon the basis for harm is the main precept of the Hinayana teachings. |
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They should refrain from overinvesting in the doubtful securities that proliferate in this country. |
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Though I refrain from overprizing originality, I cannot help valuing novelty at its full worth. |
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I normally refrain from chiming in to an editor, but this story piqued my civic conscience. |
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It seems to me it was quite clever of the union to refrain from publicly backing their stance, as this would have opened them up to legal action. |
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Kindly refrain from showing the following movies on Sunday afternoons, in addition to The Craft, if you please. |
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How can you conduct yourself so that you refrain from invading my personal space? |
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For instance, a charity has to refrain from political advocacy, unless such lobbying activity is merely incidental to the charitable purpose. |
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The consultants issued a company-wide memorandum requesting that employees refrain from using abusive language. |
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Although these data suggest conspecificity, we will refrain from a formal decision until further studies have been completed. |
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It does not refrain from resorting to all methods, using all evil and contemptible ways to achieve its end. |
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If you refrain from suing someone, but then they go ahead and sue you, that's the end of your restraint and time to assert the counterclaim. |
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All Hindu women, respecting customs of decorum and demureness, refrain from drinking alcohol in public. |
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Even when the idea of justice is interpreted in a positive light, one should refrain from drawing one's sword indiscriminately. |
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But it takes training to refrain from longstanding and deep-seated habits of which one is often unaware. |
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Ask your guests to refrain from putting on heavy duty perfume or deodorants. |
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The need for Ottawa to push the U.S. harder to reopen the border to live cattle is a common refrain from producers across the country. |
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The group also encouraged British soldiers to disobey orders and refrain from entering combat. |
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The code also enjoins the rebels and the government to refrain from any provocative acts such as arrests, kidnapping and extortion. |
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I promise to refrain from taking part in feuds and quarrels and from creating enmity. |
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I refrain from saying anything but I'm surprised anyone could be protective of this dump. |
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The media should refrain from reporting on events staged by politicians trying to excuse their own misconduct or making unfounded accusations. |
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Club heroes watch what they eat, go easy on the drink and refrain from cigarettes. |
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The committee asks those responsible to refrain from dumping household waste in this bin. |
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In fact, we go out of our way to refrain from making a judgment based on our opinions of the views expressed in an advertisement. |
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Nor would they have listened to my admonition to refrain from any but nonviolent protests. |
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During the month of Ramadan, Muslims refrain from food and drink during the daylight hours. |
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School-aged children are told that they have to refrain from gym class and recess for three weeks postoperatively. |
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In order to allow him to continue his recuperation, people have been asked to refrain from visiting him in hospital. |
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Workers should also refrain from deserting their worksites at this difficult time. |
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Jeremy Soule provides the music with an occasional refrain from John Williams' classic soundtrack. |
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Loyalists are likely to dismiss the criticisms as a familiar refrain from opponents who have never come to terms with his leadership. |
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Worshippers of Siva who are victim to anger or hatred refrain from meditation, japa, and kundalini yoga. |
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They will tell you that all religions teach us to value life, to refrain from harming others, and to renounce selfishness. |
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While we are taught to refrain from striking out in anger, we are far less restrained when it comes to verbal lashings. |
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I know tact is difficult for you, but kindly refrain from humiliating me further. |
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The court would like to ask him to refrain from any further attempts at screenwriting. |
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I would now like to appeal to those who frequent this secluded area to please respect our environment and refrain from trashing it. |
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Governments and the media should refrain from using doctors and patients to further their own agendas. |
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Brothers and sisters should avoid one another in public and refrain from telling bawdy jokes or making sexual remarks in each other's presence. |
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I say, make the parents sign a declaration that their kids will refrain from tormenting the adults and keep well away. |
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Notably, Rhode Island, unlike some other states, did not at the time have a law requiring medical examiners to refrain from performing autopsies over religious objections. |
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Elizabeth wandered the lane after having read Mr. Darcy's letter twice through, but again she returned to it, unable to refrain from self-punishment. |
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Its questionability is supported by the fact that the Buddha urged that one should refrain from taking any such ontological position with regard to the self or of the world. |
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It offered to refrain from new sanctions only if the Kremlin controlled the rebels. |
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The film does wisely refrain from becoming sugary or mawkish, at least, and the strong array of supporting characters is another substantial point in its favor. |
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We know that some people do refrain from overusing nonrenewable resources, from forests and fish to less tangible resources such as clean air and physical space. |
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The judge will refrain from any references to his quill, or his gavel, or his pikestaff, and allow the defendant to be released to spread its insidious gospel. |
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The most profane swearer call refrain from his oaths, while in the presence of a person whom he fears, and to whom he knows it would be displeasing. |
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This has been a constant refrain from the Bush administration. |
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We request everybody outside of the disaster area to refrain from hoarding gasoline, light diesel, and heavy fuel oil. |
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Let it be hoped that we can refrain from relapsing into the bad old habits once the dreaded epidemic is over, so a new Shanghai with a new outlook will emerge in the long run. |
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Given this history, littered with out-of-nowhere names, it might be reasonable to assume that the press would refrain from breathless speculation about the veepstakes. |
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The larger fish not only refrain from devouring these small cleaner fish, but actually readily open their mouth and gill cavities so that they are able to clean. |
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Post-op, patients are asked to refrain from sitting for about seven to 10 days because pressure can re-open the surgical incision, hidden in the cleft of the buttocks. |
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The independence rules require that auditors refrain from investing in companies that they audit, to ensure objective, truthful reporting and opinion. |
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A much larger and more difficult task was convincing or forcing owners of operating mills to maintain fishways and refrain from throwing refuse into the streams. |
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If children are present please refrain from non-standard English. |
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I cannot refrain from demonstrating the nonsensicalness of some of what we take to be irrefutable certainties. |
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Juan Uyunkar must perform 150 hours of community service and refrain from conducting ceremonies involving the banned substance harmaline. |
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They asked Muttahida to refrain from such tactics and stop harassing Sindhis in Karachi or Sindhi people can show backlash. |
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I would like to refrain from commenting on what I think about a preemptive attack at this stage when it is not yet taken into action. |
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He lived a simple life and practised asceticism, teaching his followers to refrain from eating meat and drinking beer. |
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But it was part of the plan of his work to refrain from all controversy or reference to the works of others. |
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An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts. |
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Researchers should stick to their knitting, finding cancer cures and discovering new shades of lipstick, and refrain from debunking history. |
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I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. |
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The minister urged consumers in northern Germany to refrain from eating all types of bean sprouts. |
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Send a note to the flamer. Tell him that his message was inappropriate. Request that he refrain from posting anything like it again. |
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Since a veto would prevent the resolution from being passed, the sponsor will usually refrain from putting the resolution to a vote. |
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Indeed, when the Lords voted on the second reading of the bill after a memorable series of debates, many Tory peers did refrain from voting. |
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Because of Urdu's similarity to Hindi, speakers of the two languages can easily understand one another if both sides refrain from using specialized vocabulary. |
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We condemn this and any other attack on a house of worship and urge all parties in that holy city to refrain from actions that further inflame religious tensions. |
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Sikhs vow to wear the five Ks, which include a dagger, comb and bangle, and to eat only ritually killed meat, refrain from committing adultery or cutting their hair. |
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Students should not refrain from considering nonlegal employment if they think they might like it just because a majority of their classmates choose law careers. |
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Candidates and supporters are reminded to refrain from visiting their constituents or attending public events within their constituencies on Cooling-off Day and Polling day. |
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They should be aware of what they say, and refrain from eating too much. |
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But the notion of Ralph Nickleby having directed it to be done, tickled his fancy so much, that he could not refrain from cracking all his ten fingers in succession. |
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