Sentence examples for requested to refrain from inspiring English sources

The subjects were requested to refrain from eating and drinking for at least 12 h and from smoking for at least 30 min before the examination.

All participants were requested to refrain from alcohol and physical training of the neck and shoulders for 72 h preceding measurements.

The owners were requested to refrain from sweeping until after collection, and all food items, cooking utensils and water were moved outside during the exercise.

Participants were requested to refrain from alcohol consumption 24 hours prior to recording, and from caffeinated beverages consumption on the day of recording.

Patients of both groups were requested to refrain from heavy labor activities for a week.

All participants will be requested to refrain from seeking other forms of treatment during the trial.

The organizing committee said that fans had heeded requests to refrain from blowing the vuvuzelas during national anthems and stadium announcements.

To see the piece was to abide by a firm but gentle request to refrain from social mediation to maintain the sense of surprise.

The Police Department is denying a request to refrain from using interlocking metal barricades to contain demonstrators at a March 20 march and rally, the organizers said yesterday.

Since the couple married, the British press has generally fallen in with informal requests by their office for privacy, although The Sun, a Murdoch-owned tabloid, defied a royal request to refrain from publishing the photographs of the naked Prince Harry after they appeared elsewhere.

What does it mean that even Glenn Greenwald, who helped introduce Snowden's NSA leaks to the world, abided by US government requests to refrain from naming Afghanistan?