Sentence examples for the only restraint from inspiring English sources

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The only restraint is his generosity".

The only restraint on him will be a worry about prompting a compensating monetary tightening by the Bank of England.

It also must be on guard against encroaching beyond its proper bounds, and not the less so since the only restraint upon it is self-restraint.

To be sure, Strauss asserted "the natural right of the stronger" to prevail: "The only restraint in which the West can put some confidence is the tyrant's fear of the West's immense military power".

The new case arose from the death in 2002 of Thanh Williamson, who was riding in a rear seat of a 1993 Mazda minivan and wearing a lap belt, the only restraint available, when it was struck head on by another vehicle.

McGreal provided a litany of such abuses, performed by soldiers on house-to-house rampages across Zimbabwe: "Six people have been murdered in political violence in Zimbabwe since the election, but a reluctance to kill outright — perhaps because torture and rape attract far less attention — is the only restraint shown by the troops and militia".

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I feel the EU is one of the only restraints on the kind of neo-liberal market fundamentalism that has seen inequality rising throughout the world.

The only restraints for someone in such a radicalized state are the legal and civic consequences.

What prevents that from occurring is that most established religions and groups have accountability mechanisms that restrain that from happening; cults, however, are purposefully designed so that the only restraints are the ones placed upon the people who, without even realizing it, have just done what they never thought they would do -- join a cult.

For the latter, only restraint FP2 is violated.

My only restraint was holding off the blackout.

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