Example sentences of "[adv] to avoid [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 2 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 3 | The drafter may sometimes be tempted to leave something deliberately vague in order to mask its meaning , perhaps to avoid frightening a potential contract partner . |
| 4 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 5 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 6 | On Oct. 9 a special court in Lahore adjourned a hearing against her , at which she had again been present , reportedly to avoid making a ruling before the Oct. 24 elections . |
| 7 | Here , as elsewhere , there are difficult questions to be answered : whether membership of a society should involve a positive duty to take care of one 's body for the general social good , either to avoid becoming a burden on other members of the community or even to preserve oneself as a positive contributor to that community . |