Nobody is going to veto, but enough nations look to be abstaining that the vote will fail. |
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The drinkers must agree to support the designated driver in abstaining from alcohol. |
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Dance said the society is trying to embrace all vegetarians, regardless of their reasons for abstaining from meat. |
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We will review this after about six months and see if abstaining from interviews has in any way helped box office collections. |
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He said Anglicans would fast and may go on retreats this week, or go on a meatless diet, abstaining from meat on certain days. |
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By abstaining from the evocation of a given spirit, we open the door to any and every spirit who desires to enter. |
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One can overcome common allergies and other ailments by abstaining from non-vegetarian food. |
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In the not too distant past, the best abstaining customers could hope for were coffee, tea, juice, a soda, milk and plain old ice water. |
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Ash Wednesday is a day of Fast and Abstinence and Abstinence means abstaining from meat and meat dishes. |
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The payments were also dependent on regular attendance, abstaining from part-time work, and performing well at exams. |
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Ms Campbell was a key campaigner against top-up fees, but was heavily criticised by students after abstaining in the final vote in the Commons. |
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Does it appear to be a myth because other foodstuffs are preventing any noticeable beneficial change from abstaining from eating chocolate or is it all a load of cobblers? |
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Elevated to such immortal status, he should finally consider abstaining from daily Namibian politics, instead of risking damaging his reputation further. |
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When abstaining in a vote, any member of the Council may qualify its abstention by making a formal declaration under the present subparagraph. |
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A prime minister running scared from his own backbenchers abstaining this week on a motion that he said is illegal. |
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It ought to be possible to spend the proposed sums of money on other things, for which reason we are completely abstaining from voting. |
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Maybe I was happy since I was drunk again after abstaining for a week. |
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In abstaining from voting on this report, we would like to highlight its hopelessness. |
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Will the Prime Minister admit that by abstaining from clarifying the facts he is condoning the lies of Jean Charest? |
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She sought treatment, gave birth to a healthy baby and is still abstaining. |
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The draft Declaration was adopted by vote, with 28 Member States voting in favour, three against and two abstaining. |
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Of the 29 members present and voting, 17 voted in favor of voting, and two voted against, with the others abstaining. |
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Voting is compulsory in a small number of cantons, where those abstaining without a justifiable reason are subject to a small fine. |
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Other states, already signatories to the NPT, would merely have to reconfirm their commitment to abstaining from the military option. |
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The largely symbolic document was approved by 123 member states, with 13 voting against and 46 abstaining. |
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And scientists do, indeed, downplay many of the supposed benefits of abstaining from food. |
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The class discusses getting a sponsor, abstaining from romantic relationships for at least a year after sobriety and the importance of attending 90 meetings in 90 days. |
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Former teacher Jeff Ennis, MP for Barnsley East and Mexborough, surprised some by signalling his determination to rebel either by a positive vote against or by abstaining. |
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One in seven Labour MPs defied the whip by voting against or abstaining. |
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At this stage I'm going around with a martyred look on my face, indicating to everyone that I am abstaining from something, which goes against what I learned at school. |
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I've been abstaining from ebay a bit recently, saving money. |
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But up to half of the Tory parliamentary party's 303 MPs may fail to support the bill by voting against it or abstaining in the second reading, which is subject to a free vote. |
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Australia and the United States voted against the resolution, with five other nations abstaining. |
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I would add that, as a general rule, we should avoid abstaining. |
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John had 25 pounds weightloss after abstaining from soda and running 2 miles in the morning 5 days a week. |
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There was also a trend for the purging subgroup of anorectics to have higher hypnotic capacity than abstaining anorectics. |
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The OTP will recommend that States officials demonstrate their support for ICC warrants by considering abstaining from high-level to participaton in international meetings in the presence of persons sought by the Court. |
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Some people may think that sounds like a lot of effort or that it would mean abstaining from the foods they love, but it's actually very easy to integrate into your everyday life if you follow a few simple rules. |
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He may either determine the affirmative votes only or have counted the rejecting votes as well as the abstaining votes only, provided that such procedure allows the unambiguous determination of the result. |
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The Senate generally had the same party balance as the House of Commons, though abstaining parties and very small parties were not represented. |
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He exerted preter-human self-denial in abstaining from finishing him, completely. |
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If they can content themselves with abstaining from the division, I shall be glad. |
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The frontrunner in the race to succeed Nick Clegg as leader of the Liberal Democrats has expressed regret for abstaining in a gay marriage vote during the last parliament. |
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In exchange for some things they want, smaller parties let the government win motions of confidence and pass its budget by voting in favour or abstaining. |
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We shall be abstaining on the whole of this report, because declarations of good intentions are not enough to constitute a policy that will benefit the lowest and most oppressed strata of the population. |
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Consequently, although I broadly agree, I feel that more prudent and gradualist guidelines needed to be defined and this is why I was inclining towards abstaining from the final vote. |
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Belgium has stated it will be voting yes instead of abstaining. |
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By abstaining from further votes, they allowed the legislation to pass in the House of Lords, and the Crown was thus not forced to create new peers. |
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Non-drinkers were asked to give their reasons for abstaining during the survey and answers included not socialising much, being an ex-alcoholic, religious or moral reasons. |
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Sturgeon was formally nominated for a second term on 17 May, defeating Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie by a vote of 63 to 5, with 59 members abstaining. |
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In 2013, Williams and the Welsh Liberal Democrats more than doubled investment for the Welsh Pupil Premium in exchange for abstaining on the Welsh government's annual budget. |
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There are no votes to lose in England, plenty to garner in Scotland and the SNP wouldn't want to be accused of backscratching the Tories by abstaining. |
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Thatcher easily defeated Meyer's challenge, but there were sixty ballot papers either cast for Meyer or abstaining, a surprisingly large number for a sitting Prime Minister. |
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