Example sentences of "[vb pp] to avoid [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he says British officers ordered the mercenaries to be shot to avoid embarrassing the US . |
| 2 | But for the vertigo shot alone , a horizontal miniature was built to avoid counter-weighting the heavy VistaVision camera . |
| 3 | If that witness would be the child , however , reliance on hearsay evidence may be justified to avoid putting the child through the trauma of giving evidence . |
| 4 | Friends of Dr Owen say that his farewell advice to the nation — he has now stood down as an MP — is intended to avoid damaging the chances for his two remaining SDP colleagues , Rosie Barnes and John Cartwright , who are fighting to hold on to their south-east London seats . |
| 5 | If the case has been autopsied , all organs should be sprayed liberally prior to placing a viscera bag and care should be exercised to avoid catching the rough edge of bones around the rib cage . |
| 6 | The correct way to cut this type of joint is right through the two points where the sections of border intersect , although care must be exercised to avoid marking the main wallcovering where it would show . |
| 7 | As the glider slows down the braking should be reduced to avoid lifting the tail . |
| 8 | We have tried to avoid repeating the formula of the ubiquitous open-air sculpture exhibition . |
| 9 | This is one reason why the Yugoslav government has tried to avoid raising the price of foreign exchange . |
| 10 | We understand the importance attached to both internal and external confidentiality and that particular care should be taken to avoid revealing the possibility of a sale to the staff prior to them being notified by the directors . |
| 11 | In order that the transferor be relieved from liability in respect of lack of repair prior to the transfer ( see p32 ) express mention to that effect should be made in the transfer , a copy of which might prudently be retained to avoid asking the registrar to exercise his discretion under r290 above . |