Examples of 'decided to abstain' in a sentence
Meaning of "decided to abstain"
This phrase means that someone has made a conscious choice to refrain or hold back from doing something. It is commonly used in situations where someone has decided not to partake in a particular action, such as voting on a certain matter or participating in an activity
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decided to abstain
So we have decided to abstain in the final vote.
His delegation had therefore decided to abstain.
I therefore decided to abstain from the vote.
That was why his delegation had decided to abstain.
He decided to abstain in the vote following the debate.
We have therefore decided to abstain in the vote.
Italy decided to abstain temporarily from intervention on foreign exchange markets.
Japan had therefore decided to abstain in the voting.
His concern about this issue explained why he had decided to abstain.
We have therefore decided to abstain on this report.
Germany and Japan were excluded from the games and the Soviet Union decided to abstain.
My delegation therefore decided to abstain on the draft resolution.
But I learned last night to my sorrow that the ED Group has decided to abstain.
That is why we have decided to abstain on this report.
As a result of this pairing of good and bad proposals, we decided to abstain.
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That is why we have decided to abstain on this resolution.
It 's generally a time for a very quick intervention as to why a senator decided to abstain.
That is why we have decided to abstain in the vote.
Italy decided to abstain in the voting on the draft resolution.
That is why we decided to abstain.
They decided to abstain from voting.
It has therefore decided to abstain.
We have decided to abstain on this resolution.
We have therefore decided to abstain.
Labour decided to abstain from voting.
Azerbaijan and Pakistan decided to abstain.
Canada therefore decided to abstain in the voting on the resolution.
For these reasons, we have decided to abstain.
We thus decided to abstain in the voting on the draft resolution.
This is why we decided to abstain.
Albania decided to abstain in the voting on the draft resolution.
In view of the above we have decided to abstain in the final vote.
We decided to abstain from sex.
The Canadian Government therefore decided to abstain in the voting on the resolution.
As this report fails to offer any reversal of the trend, I decided to abstain.
Canada has therefore decided to abstain on this resolution.
Therefore, the delegation of Ukraine decided to abstain.
We therefore decided to abstain in the voting on the draft resolution as a whole.
For these reasons the ECR Group has decided to abstain on this resolution.
We therefore decided to abstain from the voting on this draft resolution.
In view of these considerations, we decided to abstain in the final vote.
They also decided to abstain from overtime work this weekend.
On these and other grounds, we have decided to abstain on the resolution.
I decided to abstain from voting on the Eurlings report, even though it is a harsh report.
This is why our group decided to abstain in the final vote.
In the light of the contradiction between these two aspects, I have decided to abstain.
I have therefore decided to abstain and not to vote on this matter.
However, his speech yesterday worried me and I have now decided to abstain.
I have therefore decided to abstain from the vote on this report.
Bolshevik controlled parties and left-wing Social Democrats decided to abstain from participation.
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He would therefore abstain from the vote
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