| France first holds up the vote and then abstains, as do Russia, China, and Malaysia. |
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| He abstains from abusing his position for power or personal gain and strongly believes in the virtue of honesty, justice, and love of truth. |
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| The federation abstains from any decision, which could interfere with the national autonomy and individuality of the federation's members. |
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| The Government abstains from commenting this paragraph, since the Committee did not verify such allegations. |
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| Whoever abstains from a sexual relation with a boy on earth, finds this boy waiting for him in Paradise! |
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| If the British delegation abstains on this report, it is for the reason that I have outlined. |
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| When one abstains from something when one should be actively interested, neutrality is unfair to both the neutral person and society. |
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| However, he is not bound to make the declaration if he abstains from speaking and voting on the question. |
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| A minority of the Advisory Committee disagrees and another minority abstains. |
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| The State increasingly abstains from having a direct hand in tourism to become chiefly a regulator or facilitator, according to a former Minister of Tourism. |
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| The BJP abstains in the no-confidence motion, allowing the United Front to win, and giving a chance to Congress dissidents to oust a humiliated Mr Kesri. |
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| So the effect is the same whether the FLI abstains or votes no. |
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| In keeping with his faith, he abstains from alcohol, tobacco, tea and coffee. But in Mr Romney's various political campaigns all these seeming virtues have been used against him. |
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| A minority abstains and an other minority disagrees. |
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| As the analytical performance accounting 2005 in its present form can lead to misinterpretation or erroneous conclusions, the ETH Board abstains from its publication. |
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| The vote of a member who abstains has not been validly cast. |
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| The Paper abstains from venturing deeply into the methodology of conflict analysis per se, since the subject is extensively covered in academic literature. |
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| The Convention deliberately abstains from providing any machinery of recognition or enforcement since the primary obligation of the State is to give effect to the judgment. |
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| The Analects abstains from inconsistence between words and acts, which gives the impression that the communicator cannot practice the values beheld. |
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