Sentence examples for expected to refrain from inspiring English sources

Warner was expected to refrain this weekend from the usual reporting of box office numbers.

During Ramadan observant Muslims are expected to refrain from eating, drinking and sex, from dawn until sunset.

Given the federal indifference, California cannot be expected to refrain from acting on its own to address global warming.

During Ramadan, Muslims are also expected to refrain from gossip and complaining, to avoid anger and lust, to increase what should already be a high level of charitability.

Ministers are now running so scared of offending motorists in the run-up to the election that the chancellor is expected to refrain from raising fuel duties in line with inflation in his next budget.

Washington made it clear to us that on the eve of a war, Israel was expected to refrain from criticizing the American policy and also to ensure that its sympathizers got the message.

He added that the United States expected North Korea "to refrain from conducting further provocative ballistic missile launches".

"Six more years!" is expected to be the refrain.

Is it valid to expect judges to refrain from "friending" lawyers they work with?

Since I will not be imbibing, you can expect me to refrain from many, if not all, of the behaviors that make you so eager to hang out with me.

Even the current law, which effectively restricts access for children under 13, is ignored by millions of pre-teens around the world who lie about their age to access social media, so it's hard to imagine how any government expects teens to refrain from doing likewise.