Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb mod] be avoided " in BNC.
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| 1 | Repairs take time and money to carry out , and if they can be avoided gliding will be less expensive in the future . |
| 2 | They do not have to be solved if they can be avoided . |
| 3 | I 'd not have it happen again if it can be avoided in honour . ’ |
| 4 | If you make journeys of this type regularly , then the dog will soon become used to the routine , although it is probably best not to travel with your dog on public transport if it can be avoided . |
| 5 | I do not like the idea of complete fusion if it can be avoided , but I had come to think , as you had also , that it was really inevitable if the Coalition were to continue . |
| 6 | " No one in the Labour Party " , wrote Cripps , " wants to encourage the forming of any sort of combined Opposition if it can be avoided — that is to say , if the Labour Party can show itself strong enough to give the lead to the anti-National Government forces and to be a real and effective Opposition to that Government " . |
| 7 | Ramsay had hoped not to have to bring this forward if it could be avoided . |
| 8 | In truth , I did n't want to quit United if it could be avoided , I was totally hooked on the place . |
| 9 | If it could be avoided , Yggdrasil did not want to spend too much time on the Princetown Input . |
| 10 | However , Owen did not want to do that if it could be avoided . |