Sentence examples for directive to refrain from inspiring English sources
The missing commandment, according to the auction house, is the directive to refrain from taking the Lord's name in vain.
First came the directive to refrain from certain federal mandatory minimum sentences in the war on drugs.
The general threatened to court-martial Major Adams for that remark, and she, in turn, prepared to file charges against him for disobeying a directive from Allied headquarters to refrain from language stressing racial segregation.
It is consistent with other initiatives he has taken to ameliorate disparities in law enforcement, including his directive to federal prosecutors to refrain from charging low-level, nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that would lead to draconian mandatory minimum sentences.
The suit contends that Mercedes gave "explicit directives" to the dealers to refrain from competing with each other on prices and that it made "threats to punish dealers who did not comply".
In 2007, a government agency issued a directive to all private television and radio stations to refrain from broadcasting speeches made by opposition leaders, a move condemned by politicians from the opposition Democratic Action Party.
In order to avoid any legal troubles over music from the James Bond franchise of films and games, Whitmore was initially asked to refrain from using brass instruments; a directive he compared to "being asked to produce a blues album without guitars".
DiBenigno found that commanders and mental health providers often clash over care recommendations that required soldiers to refrain from field exercises or other duties; commanders feel these directives detract from their units' readiness for deployments, while providers consider them essential to their patients' wellbeing and recoveries.
He planned to refrain from the latter.
