The phrase "a level of restraint" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the degree or amount of self-control or moderation in behavior or actions.
Example: "In negotiations, it is important to maintain a level of restraint to ensure a productive dialogue."
Alternatives: "a degree of restraint" or "an amount of restraint".
Geert Wilders, the leader of the PVV and a member of the parliament, continued to exercise more political independence than would thus far be expected of a politician in his position and thus required Prime Minister Rutte to show an unprecedented level of restraint and tact.
By the close, however, the careful reader emerges with a sense of having encountered a unique new writing talent, already working at a level of subtlety and restraint that many more seasoned novelists lack.
Arresting from the get-go, the performances in this limited series are almost uniformly superb (with one glaring exception), and dealing with a true story imposes a level of discipline and restraint on producer Ryan Murphy and his collaborators that's become a rarity in his other shows.
HENDRIK HERTZBERG: All these things — the treaty, the posture statement, the loose nukes summit, the upcoming NPT review — contribute to creating a global atmosphere in which the costs to Iran going nuclear are higher and there's a generally higher level of restraint.
To the contrary, police are held to a higher standard and under immense pressure to act with an almost super-human level of restraint when faced with immediate danger and the most testing and stressful of situations.
He declared that Zimbabweans were "generally peaceably disposed people . . . with a givenness to resolving our differences ourselves, and with a level of dignity, discipline, and restraint so rare to many other nations".
Considering his level of restraint, it came as a surprise that Mr. Doonan had not ruled out sweets.
I'd also appreciate some tips on how to achieve the level of restraint required to put it into practice.
