Sentence examples for may abstain from from inspiring English sources

Sharks may abstain from food for long periods, and in captivity they may refuse to feed.

Although the opinion polls suggest that some of them are returning to the Labour fold, party officials fear that many may abstain from voting or desert Labour as they feel disillusioned with its record after 13 years in power.

When a parliamentary vote on the measures arrives, a Lib Dem spokesman (presumably Mr Huhne) will be allowed to speak against nuclear energy, but his fellow Lib Dem MPs may abstain from voting.

If the mother so desires, she may abstain from breast-feeding for 24 h with active expression and discarding of breast milk from both breasts during that period.

Thus, the Akan may abstain from mourning a rapist or a murderer to express their collective abhorrence of the offending act.

The main difference is that this prize cannot be guaranteed in our setup because the employer may abstain from promoting any temporary worker, and instead continue using TC in sequence.

Caretakers may also abstain from seeking care if they fail to recognize symptoms or do not consider them dangerous [ 5].

In many countries their right of access is legally limited and they may also abstain from seeking help for fear of being deported [ 27, 28].

The physician may well abstain from this duty but only by considering each individual case and diagnosing the insufficient vitality of the newborn.

For voters coming from the fragmented left, this may be too much to swallow, so they may abstain in the second round.

But on the Senate line, he may abstain.