Example sentences of "[conj] avoid [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time , the trade was completely unionized , and the existence of the women 's section of the union gave the group a certain coherence and identity ; so much so that to avoid overloading the present chapter , the union 's creation and activity is discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 2 | In the process , vast amounts of information become condensed into more comprehensible wholes , thereby achieving the kind of cognitive efficiency that avoids overloading the system . |
| 3 | One can only speculate that the GMC took the easy option and avoided testing the issue of clinical ecology head on because it feared a lengthy presentation of evidence on both sides , with the risk of an inconclusive result . |
| 4 | Our mentors and brothers at the Subud enclave encouraged us to focus only on the inner world , and to avoid exploring the dangerous but tempting " illusory " world of " Maya " outside . |
| 5 | From seven in the morning he 'd sit there with the thing pressed to his ear ; to preserve the batteries and to avoid alarming the guards , we always set it at the lowest volume . |
| 6 | Additionally , rainwater from roofs and pavements needs to be controlled and removed in order to provide a clean access and to avoid saturating the subsoil , which could lead to damp and foundation problems . |
| 7 | The elementary level of this text precludes detailed critical discussion of the relative merits of any particular treatment , and to avoid prejudicing the issue with personal comment the main ideas of each are outlined together with a more recent and possibly unifying approach to complete the picture . |
| 8 | Try to keep still and avoid knocking the table or microphone or shuffling your chair or papers . |
| 9 | Certain of the Kings Quest series have been criticised as being too ‘ twee ’ and sugary — KQ VI is basically a ‘ fairy tale ’ but the storyline is much firmer than previous titles and avoids making the teeth grind and the stomach curdle ! |
| 10 | Use an encouraging , clear tone and avoid repeating the command immediately if the dog fails to respond at once . |
| 11 | Make driving screws easier and avoid splitting the timber frame by pre-drilling all holes |
| 12 | and avoid misleading the prospective purchaser about the service charge |
| 13 | It seems likely that his real mission was to find an escape route for the board , so that it could steer clear of the incident and avoid involving the central state in any direct decision over sex education . |
| 14 | The pins are designed to give way under pressure , allowing damaged engines to fall free and avoid wrecking the aircraft . |
| 15 | The use of conventional solders to attach minute granules of gold presented great difficulties to the goldsmith who had to keep them in position during soldering and avoid flooding the delicate work with solder . |
| 16 | At first people respond to this sympathetically and avoid asking the person to do more . |
| 17 | Bear in mind that in positions ( a ) and ( c ) the curtains should skirt the sill or floor to prevent undue wear and avoid soiling the hemline . |
| 18 | Do n't abandon your individual approach , and avoid making the lace look poverty-stricken . |
| 19 | The answer is simply to use the common-sense approach and avoid making the mistakes which cost the average slimmer so many unsuspected calories while eating out . |
| 20 | It is indeed deplorable that the Government sets targets for a reduction in smoking but continues to place the responsibility for achieving these on health , education and voluntary sector while avoiding taking the action we consider essential . |
| 21 | This would require the creation of a European monetary fund ( EMF ) to act as a currency board and to provide ECUs on demand in exchange for EC currencies while avoiding increasing the EC 's overall supply of money . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This chess game works on all graphics boards and the pieces are drawn well so as to avoid straining the eye . |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | All sides — Iran and all parties capable of doing something — can bring pressure to end this tragedy in such a manner as to avoid giving the impression that this was done to make trade or that one side has blackmailed the other into doing something it did not want to do . " |
| 27 | 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 . |