Sentence examples for decide to refrain from inspiring English sources

For example, if one knows that this probability has an upper bound of 0.4, then one might decide to refrain from certain actions (that one would have performed if this upper bound were (known to be) 0.9).

I asked why he'd decided to refrain.

In 1863 they decided to refrain from disciplining those who exercised the franchise.

Rather, the committee decided to refrain from making that determination until some of those uncertainties abate.

For that reason, it said, it decided to refrain from ordering that the notice be published on the front page.

Because of those remaining difficulties with a project approved last year by Parliament, officials have decided to refrain from a groundbreaking ceremony.

But the movement decided to refrain, not wishing to offend the many foreign fans who traveled to Aden, said one movement leader, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he feared repercussions from the government.

Wisely deciding to refrain from rapping our knuckles with greenhouse gas statistics and Al Gore-style pie charts, the filmmakers fashion a portrait of a conscience spurred to action by an unexpected opportunity.

When Mr. West decided to refrain from solemnizing marriages and open a dialogue with Eliot Spitzer, the state's attorney general -- who said what the mayor had been doing was illegal -- volunteers organizing further same-sex marriages quickly moved out of the Village Hall and into LeFevre House, the bed-and-breakfast owned by Mr. Clement and his male partner.

Such is the Barbarians' desire to atone for their lacklustre effort at Twickenham, the players have decided to refrain from alcohol until after the match.

But recently gold has shot up by more than 20% from its low, to around $320 per ounce in one of financial history's most remarkable short squeezes, as European central banks decided to refrain from selling their gold.