Examples of 'have abstained' in a sentence
Meaning of "have abstained"
This phrase indicates that someone has chosen to refrain or hold back from a particular action, habit, or behavior. It suggests a conscious decision to avoid engaging in something, often due to personal beliefs, principles, or self-discipline. It implies that the person has consciously chosen not to participate or partake in a certain activity or indulgence
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have abstained
This is why we have abstained from voting.
I have abstained from voting on this report.
That is why we have abstained from voting.
I have abstained from the final vote.
This is why we have abstained in the vote.
It is for these reasons that we have abstained.
The undersigned have abstained from voting.
I have abstained for two reasons.
For all these reasons we have abstained.
We have abstained on those two issues.
In the light of these considerations we have abstained overall.
I have abstained in the final vote.
Consequently we have abstained from voting.
Had a vote been taken he would certainly have abstained.
We have abstained in the final vote.
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Yet there were eight countries that have abstained.
That is why we have abstained on this draft resolution.
As these amendments were not adopted we have abstained on this report.
He should have abstained from exulting.
This is the main reason why we have abstained from.
I have abstained from lying.
We are therefore pleased to have abstained from voting this morning.
I have abstained on this report.
For this reason we have abstained on the final vote.
We have abstained because the proposals in this report are too vague.
For two reasons we have abstained from this intention.
We have abstained from voting on the resolution by the other groups.
You could have abstained.
I have abstained from sex.
China could have abstained.
We have abstained from sex.
This is why we have abstained.
He would have abstained had the text been put to the vote.
A member when present and not voting shall be deemed to have abstained.
That is why we have abstained in the vote on the resolution before us.
At the very least all MPs should have abstained on the vote.
We have abstained from voting because the aims of the report are unclear.
That is why so many countries have abstained from supporting the resolution today.
Had the draft resolution been put to the vote my delegation would have abstained.
Hundreds of thousands have abstained from it because they regard it with horror.
Members who choose not to cast a vote electronically shall be declared to have abstained.
We have abstained from voting on the resolution on Kosovo.
Any members who have not voted after this time shall be deemed to have abstained.
That is why we have abstained on the Pettinari report.
The District court here should have abstained.
We have abstained on the Elles report.
I and my British Conservative colleagues have abstained on this joint motion for a resolution.
We have abstained in the final vote on the Afghanistan resolution.
Amendments to meet these objections have been rejected here today and I have abstained in protest.
I have abstained from voting today on the Directive on unfair commercial practices.
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We abstained on account of the contradictions in the report
They had therefore abstained in that vote
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