Sentence examples for pledged restraint from inspiring English sources

Senior Western diplomats and aid officials say Rwanda has so far pledged restraint.

There were a few demands for new legislation on press privacy after her death even though French privacy laws, the strictest in Europe, had failed to protect Diana.The press itself will try to head off such actions by pledging restraint.

Mr. Obama, whose advisers sided with the latter camp, has characterized Mr. Bush's use of signing statements as an abuse and pledged greater restraint.

And the most important result was the company pledging restraint.

Mr. Diamond said that he was "aware of the emotion around bonuses" and pledged to "show restraint" when it came to pay.

As recession beckoned in 2008, big British businesses also pledged to show restraint and, for a single year, there was a slowing of the rate of growth in boardroom salaries.

The Israeli Army pledged on Monday to show restraint, and Mr. Arafat, the Palestinian leader, is reported to have ordered his security chiefs to end the confrontations.

One brought Adams a copy of Jackson's inaugural, a brief pledge of restraint — except in one area: purging the government of corruption.

On Nov. 19, India's prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, tried to revive last summer's rare moment of optimism, making a surprise pledge of restraint during Ramadan.

Others said they were angry about Albany's fiscal policies, noting that spending seemed to grow each year no matter who was in charge and despite pledges of restraint from Democrats and Republicans.

Overwhelming force was used to purge the Islamist protest encampments in two Cairo squares on Wednesday despite pledges of restraint and open discussion about the use of more passive strategies like a blockade.