However, no such reference is made in the film's dialogue, but for this reason broadcasters and media publishing companies have refrained from showing it.

The vendor will undertake that the company will refrain from doing certain acts or matters pending completion.

THE agency said it wanted to see whether companies would refrain from making exaggerated claims or playing down risks.

Both the Mayor and the company refrained from declaring victory.

Under the agreement, the company would refrain from reintroducing the product until the agency completed its review to determine if Alar should be banned permanently.

Most companies refrain from buying back their own stock when they are involved in merger proposals, although such purchases are not illegal, analysts said.

Since then, the company has refrained from making any further comment on the issue.

The companies refrained from comment today.

But Microsoft executives have also repeatedly cautioned that until Vista meets performance and stability standards, the company will refrain from offering it commercially.

And many companies, no longer desperate to fill vacancies, may be refraining from dangling huge salaries in front of candidates.