Example sentences of "[adv] as avoid [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ the whole object of the section is to assimilate the practice in winding up to the practice in bankruptcy , which was established in order to enable assignees , who are now called trustees , in bankruptcy to find out facts before they brought an action , so as to avoid incurring the expense of some hundreds of pounds in bringing an unsuccessful action , when they might , by examining a witness or two , have discovered at a trifling expense that an action could not succeed . |
| 2 | All advertising and promotional literature will be written so as to avoid misleading you in any way . |
| 3 | Maurice sprang to his feet , slightly bending his head , so as to avoid stunning himself on the roof . |
| 4 | I watched a girl in front of me trying to hop from one patch to another so as to avoid ducking the two strips of leather somebody had sold her as shoes . |
| 5 | He knelt down and , so as to avoid leaving fingerprints , felt the barrel with the back of his hand . |
| 6 | This chess game works on all graphics boards and the pieces are drawn well so as to avoid straining the eye . |
| 7 | Surley the changes were not designed to shift debit figures into the past in Mr Young 's time as stewardship , so as to avoid burdening the new management team in the future ? |
| 8 | It 's important to achieve a non-confrontation setting — with refreshments available , seating arranged in a circular pattern so as to avoid grouping staff and governors in a defensive posture behind a line of tables , or even worse , sheltering on the school stage . |
| 9 | The commonly-held view that good teachers are ones who can pass on their expertise through clear explanations so as to avoid confusing their pupils has some interesting implications . |
| 10 | In previous years he had forbidden staff to bring their own booze ‘ so as to avoid making an invidious distinction ’ . |
| 11 | I had come this way a hundred times , always varying my route so as to avoid making more of a track than a rabbit might do . |
| 12 | I even had to resort to missing seminars and tutorials , so as to avoid having to speak to her . |
| 13 | Must we take a fund so as to avoid having our patients condemned to the lower tier of a two tier service ? |
| 14 | Whether one is satisfied that Mercier made free with its location so as to avoid having a fussy detail right at the edge of his picture must be for each observer to decide . |
| 15 | Equally , the customers of the odour bar might be adopting a glassy-eyed demeanour so as to avoid seeming to scrutinize Meh'Lindi in what might be construed as an impertinent fashion . |
| 16 | The police restricted the parade to the Falls area and the organising committee then called it off so as to avoid compromising the principle of working-class unity . |
| 17 | He normally hung about the house all day and disappeared before his father brought the sheep back from pasture so as to avoid milking time . |
| 18 | ‘ Surely you can organise your life so as to avoid lifting ? ’ |
| 19 | These allow the translator to use a chain of reference which is typical of English ( Your Majesty → he ) as well as avoid creating other chains which can only be inferred . |