Restrained Sentence Examples

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  • She knew he heard the restrained emotion by his pause.

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  • This time, she sensed restrained power of a different kind.

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  • He restrained himself as much as possible to keep from injuring Ully.s test subject.

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  • He restrained the urge to reach out to her.

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  • God, acting as a good king and a true father, has given us a will which cannot be restrained, compelled or thwarted.

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  • They were restrained from arresting Him by fear of the people, to whom the meaning of the parable was plain.

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  • He restrained the follies of his sister-in-law, and kept the realm quiet, by firm government, and by prosecuting the war with the Moors.

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  • During its continuance the powers of evil were to be restrained, and the last judgment was apparently to take place at its close.

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  • There is magic, but a restrained, intimate kind that does not intrude or provide a false get-out for any of the protagonists.

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  • Colin Wilson's The Unexplained Psychic Powers makes the Element Encyclopedia seem positively restrained.

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  • We expect demand to remain restrained for the rest of the 2005 business year.

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  • The boyfriend's beating-up makes Fight Club look restrained.

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  • With the housing market off the boil, people do not feel so well off and have become more restrained in their spending habits.

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  • Balashev remembered these words, "So long as a single armed foe remains on Russian soil," but some complex feeling restrained him.

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  • Girls who are themselves restrained eaters or skip meals are more likely to develop obesity than not.

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  • The intensity of a cat growling clearly conveys that a cat does not want to be restrained.

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  • Tila claims Shawne choked and restrained her.

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  • Pets must always be restrained or on a leash.

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  • In the early 2000s an estimated 14 percent of children ages 14 and under continued to ride unrestrained, however, and 55 percent of those children killed in motor vehicle accidents were not restrained.

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  • Children who are not old enough follow directions or who cannot stay still may need to be restrained or given medication to sedate them in order to keep them still enough to obtain useful results.

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  • Most people who have seen this apparition believe that she was one of the mistreated residents who was likely bound or restrained too tightly by her wrists and ankles during the time the building was used as a geriatric facility.

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  • His voice sounded restrained, but she didn't respond.

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  • His movements were controlled, his strength restrained.

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  • The demon's wiry frame was armed, his black eyes steady and quiet power restrained.

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  • She hadn't judged him or restrained him.

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  • Its back reached her shoulder, and it moved with restrained, lethal power.

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  • Sweating and impatient after the slim escape from the ambush, Brady restrained his urge to thump the fed slowly checking Brady's micro.

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  • The liberties of the burghers were, however, still restrained by the presence of a royal advocatus (Vogt) and bailiff.

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  • But his military appointment required obedience to the Committee of Public Safety, and this body, largely dominated by Edmund Pendleton, so restrained him from active service that he resigned on the 28th of February 1776.

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  • Sextus Caesar made him lieutenant-governor of Coele Syria, and only his father restrained him from returning to wreak his revenge upon Hyrcanus.

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  • We can therefore calculate the rate at which the salt as a whole will diffuse by examining the conditions for a steady transfer, in which the ions diffuse at an equal rate, the faster one being restrained and the slower one urged forward by the electric forces.

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  • It is true that laws prohibiting slavery were in existence, but the Boer who periodically took up arms against his own appointed government was not likely to be, nor was he, restrained by laws.

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  • The English archers were provided with a good target in the masses of the Scottish spearmen, and Hotspur was restrained from charging by his ally, George Dunbar, earl of March.

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  • In 1826 he moved to Paris, and during a ten months' stay he met the leading mathematicians of France; but he was little appreciated, for his work was scarcely known; and his modesty restrained him from proclaiming his researches.

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  • The temporary removal of the common peril, moreover, let loose all the sectional and personal jealousies, which even in face of the enemy had been with difficulty restrained, and the year 1823 witnessed the first civil war between the Greek parties.

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  • Notwithstanding that Quebec was almost solidly Roman Catholic the Rouges sternly resisted clerical pressure; they appealed to the courts and had certain elections voided on the ground of undue clerical influence, and at length persuaded the pope to send out a delegate to Canada, through whose inquiry into the circumstances the abuses were checked and the zeal of the ultramontanes restrained.

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  • As soon as the causes are known man regains his power over nature, for " whosoever knows any form, knows also the utmost possibility of superinducing that nature upon every variety of matter, and so is less restrained and tied in operation either to the basis of the matter or to the condition of the efficients."

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  • In physics you wisely note, and therein I agree with you, that after the notions of the first class and the axioms concerning them have been by induction well made out and defined, syllogism may be applied safely; only it must be restrained from leaping at once to the most general notions, and progress must be made through a fit succession of steps."

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  • Even reason must be restrained from striving after ultimate truth; it is one of the errors of the human intellect that it will not rest in general principles, but must push its investigations deeper.

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  • The peculiar greatness and value of both Juvenal and Tacitus is that they did not shut their eyes to the evil through which they had lived, but deeply resented it - the one with a vehement and burning passion, like the " saeva indignatio " of Swift, the other with perhaps even deeper but more restrained emotions of mingled scorn and sorrow, like the scorn and sorrow of Milton when " fallen on evil days and evil tongues."

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  • In the r3th century this undeveloped stage has passed, and a fine, but still restrained, quality of engraving ensues, which, like all the allied arts of that century, charms with its simple and unpretending precision.

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  • In 1849 it was Nesselrode who suggested the intervention of Russia in Hungary in favour of the Austrian government, although he restrained the tsar from active intervention in France then as in 1830.

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  • But neither this fact nor the gradual loss of his popularity restrained Szechenyi, both in the Diet and at county meetings, from fulminating conscientiously against the extreme demands of Kossuth.

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  • Ibrahim, however, by his possession of Druse hostages, restrained the amir, and after the bombardment of Acre, the Turks called him to account for his record of rebellion and treachery.

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  • The Assembly, could hardly be restrained by Mirabeau from acting upon their vote and annexing Avignon.

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  • The visit of Mr Redmond and others to America in 1901 was not believed to have brought in much money, and the activity of the League was more or less restrained rife, especially in Sligo, and paid agents also promoted an agitation against grass farms in Tipperary, Clare and other southern counties.

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  • At the time he mounted the papal chair Crescentius was patrician of Rome, but, although his influence was on this account very much hampered, the presence of the empress Theophano in Rome from 989 to 991 restrained also the ambition of Crescentius.

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  • Sagasta derived much benefit from the divisions which made democracy powerless; and he Was able to cope with Carlism chiefly because the efforts of the pretender himself abroad, and of his partisans in Spain, were first restrained and then decisively paralysed by the influence of foreign courts and governments, above all by the direct interference of the Vatican in favor of the Spanish regency and of the successor of Alphonso XII.

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  • Countries that fail to exercise appropriate self-restraint should be restrained by the world community.

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  • Renan began to perceive the essential contradiction between the metaphysics which he studied and the faith that he professed, but an appetite for truths that can be verified restrained his scepticism.

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  • The powers of Schwarzenberg were curtailed; the state council was restored; and the licence of the soldiers was restrained, while their numbers were reduced.

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  • He had considerable influence with Garibaldi, who, although in theory a republican, was 'greatly attached to the bluff soldier-king, and on several occasions restrained him from too foolhardy courses.

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  • Tho it tries to attract adherents, it describes its claimed benefits in a rather restrained fashion.

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  • Vincent rides cymbal crescendos and pensive pattering to equally tingling ends, his restrained electronic gurgles providing ambiguous accents.

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  • The third divertissement is the most restrained piece on this recording.

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  • This is a huge inflatable arena where participants play 5 a-side football restrained by straps - a bit like table football but with humans!

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  • The child is restrained by the seat's integral harness.

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  • Once that is done you can run " restrained refinement ", and bad VDW clashes should be corrected fairly reliably.

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  • In the early hours of 1 April he had been physically restrained by nursing staff.

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  • With these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.

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  • Written by producer John Court, his song just has the edge over New City, with its barely restrained vocal power.

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  • Volvo recommends that all children under the age of 12 be properly restrained in the rear seats at all times.

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  • Had he not been almost physically restrained, he would have taken part in the Normandy landings.

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  • Like the burial story, the account of the discovery of the empty tomb is remarkably restrained.

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  • Yet for whatever reason, Spasmo sees him in surprisingly restrained mood.

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  • Examine the film's last shot, the look of barely restrained pain on Tom's face as Leo walks away into marriage.

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  • The safest place for children is properly restrained on the rear seat.

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  • The rhythm section, confident yet relatively restrained, prevents the whole sound careering off the track.

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  • Yet with Possession, he has lost much of his bite and feels curiously restrained by the lower certificate.

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  • Overall, both soundtracks deliver music very well, but sound slightly restrained at other times.

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  • The evil wind, like a rushing torrent, cannot be restrained.

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  • The military spirit was evolved, not in raids and massacres of the usual Asiatic type which create little but intense racial hatred, but in feuds between families and factions of the same race, which restrained ferocity and tended to create a temper like that of the feudal chivalry of Europe.

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  • The ringing of bells, building operations, vibration of machinery, fireworks, bands, a circus, merry-go-rounds, collecting disorderly crowds, dancing, singing, &c., have been held under certain circumstances to constitute nuisances so as to interfere with quiet and comfort, and have been restrained by injunction.

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  • His power to grant degrees in medicine, qualifying the recipients to practise, was practically restrained by the Medical Act 1858.

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  • He subsequently rides other horses, each with some peculiarity perhaps, and, to keep his place in the string, a sluggard must be kept going, and an impetuous one restrained; they cannot both be ridden alike, but they must both be ridden as a jockey should ride them.

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  • Thus a shoot will grow more vigorously whilst waving in the air than when nailed close to the wall; consequently a weak shoot should be left free, whilst its stronger antagonist should be restrained; and a luxuriant shoot may be retarded for some time by having its tender extremity pinched off to allow a weaker shoot to overtake it.

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  • While segregation injures the metal here, often fatally, by giving it an indeterminate excess of phosphorus and sulphur, it clearly purifies the remainder of the ingot, and on this account it ought, under certain conditions, to be promoted rather than restrained.

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  • The terrible cruelty at first exercised on the natives was restrained, not merely by the zeal of the missionaries, but by effective official measures; and ultimately home-born Spaniards and Creoles lived on terms of comparative fairness with the Indians and with the half-breed population.

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  • It enacts (r) that a writ of habeas corpus shall be issued in vacation time in favour of a person restrained of his liberty otherwise than for some criminal or supposed criminal matter (except persons imprisoned for debt or by civil process); (2) that though the return to the writ be good and sufficient in law, the judge shall examine into the truth of the facts set forth in such return, and if they appear doubtful the prisoner shall be bailed; (3) that the writ shall run to any port, harbour, road, creek or bay on the coast of England, although not within the body of any county.

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  • Both the booster seat and the child are restrained by the adult seat belt.

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  • Mr Sylvester died in hospital after restrained by police out side his house.

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  • Mr Sylvester died in January, after being restrained by eight police officers.

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  • The child is then restrained by the seat 's own harness, which has the advantage of being specifically designed for a child.

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  • Marshall Plan aid looks restrained in comparison to African aid only because Europe was, relatively speaking, quite rich.

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  • No Lifeson histrionics here just superb rhythm electric and acoustic guitars backed up by Geddy 's synths and more restrained vocals.

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  • Listen out for Jerry Donahue 's restrained guitar on ' All I See ', for example.

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  • Review Frank Capra has made an excellent job of a good story which is allowed to unfold itself in a restrained manner.

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  • Examine the film 's last shot, the look of barely restrained pain on Tom 's face as Leo walks away into marriage.

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  • Colin Wilson 's The Unexplained Psychic Powers makes the Element Encyclopedia seem positively restrained.

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  • The boyfriend 's beating-up makes Fight Club look restrained.

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  • A breach of confidence was restrained as a form of unconscionable conduct, akin to a breach of trust.

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  • Long skirts go well as dress skirts and can be frilly, wide and restrained in design.

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  • Even the most restrained, low-key personalities can't help but go all out on Halloween, when outfits take center stage.

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  • Kate Middleton's gown had classic lines, a bit more restrained than the usual McQueen dresses.

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  • Even the most famous name-brands tend to be more restrained in the colors and patterns of dress socks, following the rules mentioned above.

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  • The restrained red shows bright red cherries and currants with notes of tobacco, herbs and oak.

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  • Children need to be restrained every time they ride in a car.

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  • A biting animal suspected of having rabies is usually caught and restrained, tested, and observed for a period of time for evidence of pre-existing infection.

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  • Emotion, after all, cannot be restrained, and most emo styles are loose as well, though heavy hair products may be needed to style the look.

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  • Moreover, because this tankini is lined in red piping, as opposed to allover coloring, it's an understated, and elegantly restrained look that still carries the panache of an eye-catching red.

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  • A simple, restrained cut will flatter the shape.

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  • The look is both vivacious and restrained, thanks in great part to its dark brown backdrop, which tones the effect down a bit.

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  • His movements were restrained and fluid, effortless like those of a great cat.

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  • At this the Jews flocked to Caesarea, and were only restrained from a second outbreak by the execution of the soldier.

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  • He was, however, restrained from actually proceeding to enforce the decree of excommunication, owing to the remonstrance of Irenaeus and the bishops of Gaul.

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  • At last, in 1839, his eagerness would no longer be restrained, and without consulting his ministers, and in spite of the warnings of all the powers, he determined to renew the war.

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  • Knowing the emperor's methods, he wisely restrained the ardour of his subordinates and asked for instructions whether to attack or wait.

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  • The southern boundary never greatly altered; it did at times reach the Kur and the Aras, but on that side the Khazars were confronted by Byzantium and Persia, and were for the most part restrained within the passes of the Caucasus by the fortifications of Dariel.

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  • Arrived at the summit, Bredow sounded "line to the front," but at that moment a storm of French bullets swept down on them, and the men, no longer to be restrained, dashed forward, before the line could be completed, almost due east against long lines of infantry and artillery which they now saw for the first time about 1200 yards in front of them.

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  • He took refuge in France, and when he and Ferdinand were both prisoners of Napoleon's, he was with difficulty restrained from assaulting his son.

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  • The restrained sentiments of the council in regard to Hoadly found expression in a war of pamphlets known as the Bangorian Controversy, which, partly from a want of clearness in the statements of Hoadly, partly from the disingenuousness of his opponents and the confusion resulting from exasperated feelings, developed into an intricate and bewildering maze of side discussions in which the main issues of the dispute were concealed almost beyond the possibility of discovery.

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  • The system of contract labour, which was abolished by the act of Congress in 1900, and under which labourers had been restrained from leaving their work before the end of the contract term, concerned few labourers except the Japanese.

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  • At the same time, while accepting the Schellingian parallelistic identity of all things in God, Fechner was restrained by his accurate knowledge of physics from the extravagant construction of Nature, which had failed in the hands of Schelling and Hegel.

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  • This position he was not long to hold; and the fierce exultation of Mary at the news of his murder gave to those who believed in her complicity with the murderer, on whom a pension was bestowed by her unblushing gratitude, fresh reason to fear, if her liberty of correspondence and intrigue were not restrained, the likelihood of a similar fate for Elizabeth.

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  • Destructive parasites rapidly ruin the whole plant-body (Pythium), whereas restrained parasites only tax the host slightly, and ill effects may not be visible for a long time, or only when the fungus is epidemic (Rhytisma).

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  • The conduct of the king proves that he had a most sincere regard for the welfare of his the Academy of Science, and he consistently restrained the undue intervention of the church in secular affairs, and placed restrictions upon the accumulation of property in the hands of religious bodies.

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  • His very defects were among the chief elements of Pelham's success, for one with a strong personality, moderate self-respect, or high conceptions of statesmanship could not have restrained the discordant elements of the cabinet for any length of time.

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  • Compelling King Solomon to own Henrys supremacy he restored the influence of Germany in Hungary; in .internal affairs he restrained the turbulence of the princes, but he made many enemies, especially in Saxony, and in 1066 Henry, who had just been declared of age, was compelled to dismiss him.

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  • A general election took place in the autumn of 1855, and so harshly was the expression of opinion restrained that a chamber was returned with scarcely a single liberal element of serious importance.

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  • The interior is fine, harmonious and restrained, painted in white and grey, while the colouring of the exterior is less pleasing.

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  • But the beauty of the work seems to have restrained the hand of the destroyer.

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  • Frederick, however, had free and generous impulses which could not be restrained by the sternest system.

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  • For he left no heir to carry on his work; his death " loosened the bonds which restrained the disruptive forces always ready to operate in India, and allowed them to produce their normal result, a medley of petty states, with ever-varying boundaries, and engaged in unceasing internecine war."

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  • The assertions of Otto von Pack that a league had been formed against the elector and his friends induced John to ally himself again with Philip of Hesse in March 1528, but he restrained Philip from making an immediate attack upon their opponents.

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  • But these leaders restrained their followers sharply whenever the suggestion of secession was made, and the question of what was meant by arresting the course of Federal legislation was left in doubt.

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  • Deceived by the forgeries of Otto von Pack, he believed in the existence of a conspiracy to crush the reformers, and was only restrained from attacking his enemies by the influence of John of Saxony and Luther.

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  • The native dances, slow but not ungraceful, and more restrained than those of Andalusia or the south of France, are obviously Moorish in origin, and depend for their main effects on the movement of the arms and body.

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  • It has been asserted that his mother hated him, and was only restrained from putting him to death while he was still a boy by the fear of what the consequences of another palace crime might be to herself.

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  • The count was about to say something, but evidently restrained himself.

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  • Poland was restrained by his alliances with the Teutonic Knights and the tsardom of Muscovy, and his envoys appeared in Persia and in Egypt to combat the diplomacy of the Porte.

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  • After the Piedmontese defeat at Novara (23rd of March) peace was made, but a rising broke out at Genoa, and Fanti with great difficulty restrained his Lombards from taking part in it.

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