Sentence examples for refrain from criticising from inspiring English sources

But he did not force anyone to exploit them.The convention that MPs refrain from criticising the speaker has been another victim of recent events.

Five years later they agreed to refrain from criticising each other but the truce failed to hold, with each blaming the other for violating it.

"But to protect people's lives, and their ability to lead them, doesn't mean you have to refrain from criticising their ideas.

Instead of going along as most people are doing now and saying, OK, let's refrain from criticising Islam, let's refrain from calling Islamic terrorism Islamic, I think we should do the opposite".

Interestingly, the EU, in turn, tends to play the role of a scapegoat for its member countries which refrain from criticising Kazakhstan, trying to make Brussels do this "dirty job" instead (Bossuyt and Kubicek 2015: p. 184).

He refrained from criticising his successor.

But on Thursday, Davutoğlu refrained from criticising Erdoğan.

Most of the private media, controlled by a small elite, have refrained from criticising the government, while parroting its views.

The film even refrains from criticising the two Britons most commonly held responsible for the disaster of Gallipoli, namely Winston Churchill and Lord Kitchener.

Cameron has refrained from criticising his friend during the campaign, but the latest intervention may be one too far.

Many Republicans agree, or see it as an attempt to smear Mr Bush.Mr Obama, meanwhile, has refrained from criticising the agency harshly.