Sentence examples for restraint upon from inspiring English sources

A major factor in the restraint upon nuclear nations is the political pressure of a worldwide popular fear, which leaders do not always share.

"The court concluded that such a practice constitutes an impermissible restraint upon a shareholder's ability to sell his unit," Mr. Cholst said.

Almost in passing, the court added that aggregate contribution limits were a "quite modest restraint upon protected political activity" that "serves to prevent evasion" of the base limits.

In Burke's words, people need "a sufficient restraint upon their passions," which it is the office of government "to bridle and subdue".

Some Europeans want it as an expression of Europe's common political will; others as a rival to, and restraint upon, the United States.

This new restraint upon war does not, however, act upon conflicts that the assembly may favourably regard as wars of colonial liberation.

Then this weekend brought another shocking government proposal to increase its own power and weaken the restraints upon it.

He differed from other civil-rights leaders in making the legal restraints upon black freedom the main focus of his attack.

The coalition government has repeatedly said public servants should not earn more than the prime minister, and has imposed pay restraints upon nearly all public sector workers.

Restraints upon speaking and publishing, and indeed upon action generally, are fewer now than at most times in the history of the country.

The liberty of the press... consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published.