Sentence examples for abstentions from from inspiring English sources

After successive abstentions from speculative military adventure, peaceful diplomacy could become a habit.

"The Americans and British… thought the [Zimbabwe] resolution would at the most get abstentions from the Russians and Chinese".

The vote was 246 to 1, with many abstentions from left-wing legislators; the bill passed the lower house in July.

"Having the abstentions from two major arms exporters lessens the moral weight of the treaty," said Nic Marsh, a proponent with the Peace Research Institute in Oslo.

Despite a concerted lobbying campaign from environmental groups, the loan was approved on Thursday – albeit with abstentions from Britain, America and the Netherlands.

Representatives of European Union member states mostly voted in favour of the EU-US Privacy Shield, butherere were abstentions from Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia, sources said.

Why this abstention from theology?

"It basically preaches abstention from everything".

That is no blanket abstention from the rules.

The vote was 14-0 with one abstention from Indonesia.

That, however, does not entail abstention from all public controversy.