The following parties refrained from participating in the elections

We have refrained from extending military help to them.

Reinforcements rushed to the site but refrained from pursuing the vehicle.

The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

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Nevertheless, China has refrained from attacking him, making clear that it wants him to return eventually.

The two sides refrained from major military exercises and military parades were kept at a low profile.

Remaining truthful to the principles of peaceful resolution, the Armenian authorities have refrained from responding in kind.

Shielded behind a protective China, Kim Jong il launched his rocket anyway, and the US refrained from action.

3. A number of ACC members appreciated that the report refrained from dispensing prescriptions for collaboration with NGOs.

My Government has refrained from any form of witch hunting or revenge against members of the former regime.

Thus, he refrained from looking at his mother this time and was just happy that she had come.

Other groups refrained from taking a joint position in view, inter alia, of the interactive nature of the consultations.

In other cases some States that fish in the region have refrained from becoming parties to the regional arrangement.

At first, the troops refrained from shooting but during the afternoon an IDF patrol was reportedly fired at from one of the surrounded houses.

Middle Eastern dictators were showered with money and arms if they refrained from attacking Israel and kept the Islamists down.

There would have been no need for that, had he refrained from making political statements in newspaper articles and interviews.

However, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres pointedly refrained from joining in. (Jerusalem Post, 7 March 1994)

It is well known that, in 1974, India conducted an underground, peaceful nuclear explosion, and has refrained from moving weaponwards.

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

On the other hand, the Kremlin has refrained from international adventurism, and rather consistently supported the US in its war on terror.

A paramount objective for the Round must be to ensure that all countries fulfilled their multilateral obligations and refrained from unilateral action.

Those States mainly industrialized ones refrained from ratifying the Convention, while developing States were fulfilling the requirements for its entry into force.

But, crucially, the US has refrained from intervention in Bolivian politics, because it understands that undermining the current government could lead to chaos.

Moreover, the Special Rapporteur refrained from questioning displaced persons or refugees in the camps for fear that reprisals would be taken against them.

As'ad AbuKhalil Well, Afer 9 11 number of US Arabs refrained their media appearances,

During the first seven months of 2010, China not only refrained from buying any more US government paper, but even began to sell its holdings.

In order to control inflation and real estate bubbles, the central bank tightened monetary policy and the government refrained from another round of fiscal stimulus.

This new government was invited by the Emperor to take part in the decision on the planned armistice with Italy, but refrained from this business.

Though I refrained from specifically addressing the issue of the feasibility of holding elections as scheduled on 30 October, it inevitably came up several times.

Nigeria has refrained from signing any exclusive agreements with Western Union and others, and its newly consolidated banking industry is making significant inroads across the region.

Cognizant of the need to complete all trials by May 2005, SCU has refrained from filing indictments which would be likely to result in additional trials.

This constitutes a potential source of conflict but both sides have so far refrained from resorting to threats or moves against one another or against UNPROFOR.

It noted with satisfaction that, since September 1992, the nuclear weapon States had refrained from nuclear testing, and expressed regret that China had conducted such a test.

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

Beyond new frigates and security guarantees, however, Southeast Asian leaders have refrained from reacting too strongly to China s offshore ambitions. The economic facts on the ground demand prudence.

Despite having the second largest army in NATO and a fleet of tanks on the Kobane border, Turkey refrained from engaging ISIS, even forbidding its own Kurds from entering Kobane to join the fight.

While Iraq did not formally accept these restrictions, it refrained from the production of missile systems that would violate them in the presence of international inspectors until December 1998, when inspectors withdrew from Iraq.

At the same time the Court deemed that the claimant, by obeying the procedural terms set up by the respondent, had refrained from pursuing its rights before State Courts.

Until recently, the United States refrained from stating quite as bluntly that the purpose of its economic embargo was to force Cuba to abandon its political and economic system.

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.