Sentence examples for should have refrained from inspiring English sources

And I should have refrained from saying things that may have furthered what I was attempting to do, but that played into a cycle of dissension.

It should have refrained from attacking clearly civilian buildings, and from actions that might have resulted in a military advantage but at the cost of too many civilian lives.

She knew she should have refrained from any involvement in what she herself recognised as the "quasi-judicial" procedure for approving a newspaper sale, let alone have afforded privileged access to someone she already knew to have a vested interest.

Across the board, Arab officials say that even if Mr. Barak faced public pressure to respond to Hezbollah's recent attacks, he should have refrained from the bombardments that took the conflict outside the war zone and involved civilians.

Justice Stevens said for the majority that Michael A. Newdow's lack of legal custody of his daughter, coupled with the desire of the child's mother to have her continue reciting the pledge, meant that the lower courts should have refrained from deciding the case.

Judge Goldstone could have contended that just as Israeli leaders themselves have frequently called off pinpoint assassinations of terrorists because civilians were in the line of fire, so too they should have refrained from bombing and shelling Hamas targets in Gaza when that bombing and shelling was bound to exact a large civilian toll.

Should people be paid for each year in which they have refrained from cutting down trees?

Western aircraft have refrained from targeting fleeing loyalists.

In the meantime, West Brom have refrained from punishing Anelka.

I could have refrained from saying that.

Therefore, we have refrained ourselves from making such extrapolations.