Sentence examples for abstain from applying from inspiring English sources

"Now that I have assembled testimonials," he wrote of the South African plan, in 1937, "I am in a position to abstain from applying".

But the Palestinian Authority agreed to abstain from applying to such organizations during the negotiating process, which is set to end on April 29th, and by applying early, they not only tarnish Secretary Kerry's prestige, they also give Israel an opening to credibly blame the Palestinians for the negotiations' failure.

He continued to abstain from the use of varenicline.

The choice facing researchers in such a situation is to either apply "second-best" approaches or abstain from doing an evaluation study.

Patients will be requested to be fasting and abstain from tea, coffee and smoking for overnight at least 12 hours before applying at the study outpatient.

The same applies even more with the report's recommendation that "governments should abstain from penetrating the systems of financial institutions and changing the amounts held in accounts there".

That applies to most puns, including Milton's famous lines about the Prophet Elijah's ravens, which were "though ravenous taught to abstain from what they brought," or the character mentioned by Freud, who calls the Christmas season the "alcoholidays".

Abstain from sex.

And abstain from "Chocolat".

Would they abstain from throwing stones?

One could not even abstain from observance.