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Jordan has said that Hamas leaders who hold Jordanian papers can return to its territory as long as they refrain from conducting any political activities there.

It could affect [the] separate tribunal that is considering whether to uphold the conviction of former President Charles Taylor of Liberia … And the ruling undermines the ability of international criminal law to deter other leaders from similar murderous assistance – so long as they refrain from specifically directing the crimes that they assist.

(Is there a Church of England position on this?) Yet the new line from the C of E – ludicrously, that gay men in civil partnerships can be bishops as long as they refrain from sex (or to put it another way, we'll have gay bishops as long as they are not really gay) raises the question: how on earth will the authorities ever find out?

For example, differences in political views rarely affect regular interactions between friends, as long as they refrain from arguing over them.

Pakistan had struck an agreement with leaders in the South Waziristan tribal area, giving groups there amnesty as long as they refrained from attacking government installations and vehicles.

On January 11, he affirmed that Hamas members would be welcomed back in Jordan following their expulsion from Syria, as long as they refrained from engaging in political activity.

The also call into question and Algerian effort to contain soccer protests by allowing supporters to chant anti-government slogans in stadia as long as they refrained from taking their protests into the streets.

Supporters of index fund stewardship view private engagements by the Big Three as explaining why they refrain from using certain other stewardship tools available to shareholders.

26 28 As a result, they refrain from taking an active role in various areas of life.

For years, there have been rumors about how Moscow has created a permissive environment for hackers to operate as long as they would refrain from hitting targets in Russia.

Although the crew would step in before a child was seriously hurt -- in the film we see the translator grab Mihai as he cuts himself -- they refrained in most cases.