Sentence examples for that abstaining from inspiring English sources

Another myth, that abstaining from sex during menstruation helped prevent the disease, was dispelled by comparing Orthodox women who abstained to others who did not.

"But at the same time, I'm afraid that abstaining would favor Hollande".

Cotter said that abstaining in November still felt like his most potent option.

Others said that abstaining from voting would be an insult to the activists who, over the decades, had sacrificed their lives for voting rights in the state.

The fishing industry, for example, needs to be informed that abstaining from destructive practices such as dynamite fishing will eventually be profitable for them, since coral reefs act as vital fish hatcheries.

Even so, a study at the University of Sussex (sponsored, admittedly, by the charity Alcohol Concern) found that abstaining for the first month also ended up curbing students' alcohol intake later in the year.

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The government's task will not be easy because the forces that empower Golden Dawn — popular discontent and institutions that abstain from their responsibilities — are still present.

Those countries were among the nations that abstained on Thursday, a person with knowledge of the meeting said on condition of anonymity.

Russia, the world's second-biggest exporter, was among those that abstained from the vote at the UN headquarters in New York.

In reviewing the vote, Mr. Roth said it was clear that among countries that abstained there were at least seven that could have been persuaded, with a White House campaign, to vote in favor of the United States.