Fortunately, the new government refrained from involving itself in the Polish-Swedish conflicts, which reached their height at this period.
Syria is a humanitarian catastrophe, but so far the President has refrained from involving the United States too deeply, either by giving the rebels overt military support or attacking Assad's regime.
From the moment this so-called swine flu was identified, the Mexican government worked vigorously to contain the contagion — closing all schools across the country, limiting public gatherings and instructing people to wear masks and refrain from greetings involving physical contact.
The current Ecuadoran president has publicly told Assange to refrain from getting involved in Catalonia's independence struggle and politics more generally.
Saying he could not respect Johnson's actions, Weber urged the UK to refrain from getting involved in decisions about the EU's long-term future.
Another normative moral consideration holds that mining companies, as moral agents, would refrain from getting involved in certain types of CSR initiatives to the benefit of universal stakeholders.
Even when their motivations (i.e., attitudes, social influence, and self-efficacy) were highly positive, the fear of not being able to personally or emotionally cope might cause GPs to refrain from becoming involved.
Even if what you did do isn't bad, refrain from becoming involved in situations that might upset people.
The FA had refrained from getting involved after a member of the public made a complaint to Hammersmith and Fulham police, the local force, but had little alternative once QPR confirmed they felt the matter needed looking into.
For one thing, Astana refrains from getting involved in any form of military collaboration with Beijing for such may engender a harsh reply from Moscow (ibid).
