Sentence examples for told to refrain from from inspiring English sources

However, respondents were also told to refrain from using extremely high intensities, as these intensities would be hurtful to the learner.

Fighters are often told to refrain from switching because it's a high-risk, high-reward move.

According to the people close to the board, the two men were told to refrain from any personal attacks and address only business issues.

In e-mail messages and through word of mouth, people have been told to refrain from setting off fireworks or singing during the holiday period, which begins on Feb. 25.

It was, after all, the country where I grew up being told to refrain from making comments about football ("women had nothing interesting to say about it") and witnessing men make the most appallingly offensive remarks to and about women.

From a peacekeeping perspective, however, the camps are vulnerable to violence, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity after employees based there were told to refrain from speaking to journalists amid internal investigations.

In general dental offices, patients are not told to refrain for 24 hours from driving or operating heavy machinery.

Cashman said the Yankees have not told Cervelli to refrain from blocking the plate, as the San Francisco Giants have done with their catcher, Buster Posey.

All too soon we learned that Sir Lawrence Bragg was of the same mind, when he told us to refrain from all subsequent DNA model-building activities.

The current Ecuadoran president has publicly told Assange to refrain from getting involved in Catalonia's independence struggle and politics more generally.

Mr. Shaikh's wife, Surama, and other relatives had told him to refrain from videotaping buildings because of the heightened security alert, Mr. Akhtar said.