Sentence examples for refrain from encouraging from inspiring English sources
Many schools now have such moments but, at least officially, refrain from encouraging prayer.
Should schools encourage students to be reflective and critical generally as urged by the American philosophers Israel Scheffler and Amy Gutmann, following Socrates and the tradition he established or should they refrain from encouraging students to subject their own ways of life to critical scrutiny, as the American political scientist William Galston has recommended?
"Stirring Up Trouble in Puerto Rico," by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick and Kenneth L. Adelman (Op-Ed, Feb. 26), treats us to a heavy dose of imperial arrogance by arguing that Uncle Sam should refrain from encouraging the natives to get restless in his charming Caribbean colony.
Crucially, the "guild" isn't allowed to let drivers collectively bargain for contracts and actually agreed to refrain from encouraging unionization.
President Obama and White House officials have said that they are committed to holding together Iraq as a multi-sectarian society, and that they will refrain from encouraging policies that are likely to inflame ethnic and sectarian tensions in the country.
Other welfare agencies might follow a milder sanction policy and refrain from encouraging or even discourage caseworkers from imposing sanctions.
But all this supposes that the fast-rising Mr Advani is content for the present to be a co-operative deputy prime minister, holding his instincts in check and refraining from encouraging the hardline Hindu nationalists behind the scenes.
Indeed, for Smith, governments can best encourage virtue precisely by refraining from encouraging virtue.
Brown's policy as compiler of the new volume was to refrain from detailed comment, encouraging readers to make up their own minds from the evidence of the documents themselves.
"We urge all parties to refrain from violence, and encourage Israeli and Palestinian leaders to actively de-escalate the situation and avoid measures which could further fuel tensions".
"We are working to resolve this situation and ask the public and representatives of the media to refrain from doing anything that would encourage the bird to move before it is ready to do so.
