The subjects were requested to maintain regular bedtimes and to abstain from alcohol prior to and during the experiments.
The Anglo-Soviet agreement of July 12 , 1941 pledged the signatory powers to assist one another and to abstain from making any separate peace with Germany.
Under the proposal, if state law gives legal effect to votes cast against a nominee (i.e. under a majority voting standard), the form of proxy must include the options to vote "against" the nominee and to "abstain" from voting.
If you support a woman's right to choose, that includes her right to choose to work, to take contraception to delay pregnancy, to end an unintended pregnancy and to abstain from sex altogether.
As a condition of his release, Lee required Doggart to undergo psychiatric treatment and to abstain from alcohol or drug use, stay off the internet and be confined to his home.
Rajoy is all but certain to obtain that approval in the coming days following the rival Socialist party's decision to stop blocking his bid and to abstain in a second parliamentary vote.
Ludwig von Mises, one of the 20th century's leading free-market economists, said (pdf) that to be happy with one's existing condition: "and to abstain apathetically from any attempts to improve one's own material conditions, is not a virtue.
In particular, he was blamed for Germany's decision to break with its Nato allies and to abstain on UN security resolution 1973 on military intervention in Libya in March (perhaps unfairly, since Merkel was ultimately responsible for the decision).
Subjects were asked to go to bed before midnight and to abstain from vigorous activity and alcohol consumption prior to visiting days to avoid potential bias on glucose tolerance.
The participants were instructed to fast for at least 4 h and to abstain from caffeine-containing products for at least 24 h prior to the PET/CT scan [5].
