Sentence examples for abstain from observing from inspiring English sources
During community observations, the research team will make sure to openly explain the purpose of the research to anyone enquiring and abstain from observing if community members feel disturbed or uncomfortable about the presence of the team.
During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ended Monday, Kashgar authorities enacted extraordinary measures to prevent people from observing the ritual fast, in which the devout abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.
One could not even abstain from observance.
But they continued to keep the Sabbath on Friday, abstain from pork and observe the High Holy Days of the Jewish faith.
There are two basic rules: observe isolation, and abstain from alcohol and drugs while school is in session.
In 1987 Jews obtained special rights from the Italian state allowing them to abstain from work on the Sabbath and to observe Jewish holidays.
His own family, he said, has been observing digital "Sabbaths" — two-day periods during which they abstain from the small screens on their smartphones, but are still allowed to watch television or speak by telephone.
The surgeon should abstain from immediate reimplantation if a readily removable coat of cholesteatoma cells or an infiltration by cholesteatoma-matrix into the bone is observed during surgery [ 34, 35].
He has taken a vow, and observed the obligatory 15-days fasting period when a strictly vegetarian diet must be followed and the devotee must also abstain from alcohol, tobacco and sex.
Although the church required him to abstain from secular employment on six holy days annually, the collective-bargaining agreements provided for only three days of paid leave per year to observe religious holidays.
