Sentence examples for were told to refrain from inspiring English sources

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

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.

Subjects were told to refrain from exercising throughout the time-course of the study.

Otherwise, they were told to refrain from moving their head and hands during the presentation of the stimuli.

Subjects were told to refrain from doing any moderate or strenuous exercise for two days prior to and during the study.

Participants were told to refrain from eating and smoking for 2 hours prior to testing.

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.

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.

He said he was told to refrain from covering first base until the end of his rehabilitation assignment.

On Israel's southern border areas, residents were told to stay home and to refrain from holding large outdoor events.

During the training period, subjects were asked to refrain from additional physical activity and were told to follow their normal eating habits.