Sentence examples for plea for restraint from inspiring English sources

David Cameron also called the King of Bahrain in what appears to have been an unsuccessful plea for restraint.

A17 The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, where Mr. bin Laden has found a home, issue a plea for restraint.

A manager will always linger on any optimism he can take from a game, but it also sounded like a plea for restraint.

Two years ago Coalition ministers David Willetts and Vince Cable united to criticise them over pay, issuing a joint plea for restraint amid "stretched" public finances.

The fragility of this country was part of the message the Taliban government conveyed in a plea for restraint issued late tonight.

But the administration's plea for restraint is rooted in its concern that Israel not do anything to stir anti-Israel passions in the Middle East and Europe.

And pleas for restraint from the international community were mocked.

The potential for violence seemed great, despite urgent American pleas for restraint.

Despite foreign-aid donors' constant pleas for restraint, logging companies have largely exhausted the country's once abundant forests.

In his own robust commentary, Nils Pratley says: "it's time for reform, not pleas for restraint".

No wonder Arabs call our pleas for "restraint", whether to Israel or the government of Bahrain, "hollow talk".