Sentence examples for we could refrain from inspiring English sources
If we could refrain from squeezing out the last drop of punch on the upside — a temptation that Mr. Greenspan could not resist during the high-tech boom of the 1990s — fewer maladjustments would develop, and the downside would be less ominous and easier to control.
As oxygenation was acceptable under conventional ventilation, we could refrain from the rather high distension pressures that are frequently inevitable in hypoxemic ARDS.
Since the natural sequence of C-terminus of IL-11Rα and N-terminus of IL-11 were used, we could refrain from using artificial linker sequences for the connection of both components.
Do you think you could refrain from gossip for an entire day?
But at least the administration could refrain from helping their adversaries by letting their cats out of the bag.
The best-known test is the "marshmallow" experiment, in which children who could refrain from eating the confection for 15 minutes were given a second one.
Paul appended another correction to the Web version of his column, but asked if he could refrain from revisiting the subject yet again in print.
WHO could refrain from sniggering at the delightful sight of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the world's biggest and most cumbersomely named accounting practice, being knocked about by America's Securities & Exchange Commission SECC)?
Or he could refrain, in which case he risks appearing further weakened and hypocritical to supporters and opponents alike, many of whom are united in their antipathy for Israel.
There is also more personal material that shines a light on his lifelong love of gambling and drinking, including a bet with Lord Rothermere that he could refrain from "brandy or undiluted spirits" for a year.
It could well be in the senator's partisan interests if the Democrats showed they could refrain from knee-jerk "Borking" this summer; it would certainly be in the interests of his country.Judging by the senator's bellicose language so far (and that of his equivalents on the right), that is probably, alas, a vain hope.
