Example sentences of "[adv] to avoid " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another cliché that persists is that chefs work in contract catering only to avoid long hours and the tough competition of hotel and restaurant kitchens . |
| 2 | The optional power system should be considered essential , if only to avoid the seriously slow ( 4.6 turns lock to lock , and vague with it ) manual steering that 's listed as standard . |
| 3 | However , he should be taken out of his room at least occasionally , if at all possible , if only to avoid claustrophobia . |
| 4 | A quail or a mouse also has a relatively large amount of light coloured , ‘ fast ’ , muscle ( white meat ) and hence are forced to use energy in short bursts only to avoid build up of the toxic byproduct of anaerobic respiration , lactic acid . |
| 5 | Plenty of times I 'm sure he stayed out only to avoid Mum 's sharp tongue because there was no work to be had for any of the men . |
| 6 | These tender areas need a good and close scrutiny , if only to avoid the piercing , stinging effects of an unwelcome invasion upon them . |
| 7 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 8 | Nor did it escape the notice of other critics of the Association that a handbill , lengthily entitled " A Dialogue between Tom and Harry on the Duties of Seamen and the Just and Equitable Rewards for their Services " , was in practice nothing more or less than a statement of union policy on bargaining with shipowners and published in this form only to avoid the appearance that the Standard was more than an innocent friendly society . |
| 9 | To return to the earlier days of the state , however , one must remark upon several other provisions of the Kanunname of Mehmed II if only to avoid giving the impression that , at least in these early days , the establishment of a hierarchy for the ulema meant that a scholar , once enmeshed in its toils , had no option but the long grind to the top of that particular profession . |
| 10 | If you 're casting more than a couple of rod-lengths it 's advisable to use a waggler if only to avoid tangles . |
| 11 | i Should be located where the exhibition can be supervised , if only to avoid the material being stolen ( known to have happened to one of the Green Belt min–exhibitions ) ; |
| 12 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 13 | But it was only to avoid any tedious and wholly inconsequential explanation . |
| 14 | It is important to ensure that only current partners appear as lessees/trustees of partnership premises , if only to avoid any possibility that a retired partner who has not been duly replaced on the title could be regarded as still being held out as a member of the firm . |
| 15 | The transfer had taken place only to avoid UK death duties . |
| 16 | The view of Paisley 's critics was that he was implicated but was clever enough to avoid any direct contact . |
| 17 | This restricted freedom revolted Steven Morrissey , and his passion turned to the sixties when the ‘ George Best set ’ particularly liberated the city by proving that escapism is there for all who had eyes enough to avoid entrapment . |
| 18 | The press is uniquely designed to ensure that the pressure exerted is swift — to reduce the skin-contact time — and yet gentle enough to avoid the escape of unfavourable tannins and oils residing naturally in the pips and stalks . |
| 19 | It would be simple enough to avoid their hospitality given sufficient ruthlessness and he had never lacked that when it came to safeguarding his privacy . |
| 20 | They must also be large enough to avoid being eaten by Lionfish . |
| 21 | Mogg had hailed her victory : ‘ Although Mrs Thatcher 's majority was not quite large enough to avoid a second ballot , the victory was clearly a decisive one . ’ |
| 22 | Equally important , how many of them will be strong enough to avoid being taken over by foreign companies in the long run ? |
| 23 | CINDERELLA made it to the ball — and just often enough to avoid her tennis return from becoming a pantomime farce . |
| 24 | But only if you know the market well enough to avoid the pitfalls . |
| 25 | The interval must be long enough to avoid any carry-over practice effects between the first administration and the second , but sufficiently short so that it can be assumed that there will have been no change in the real underlying abilities of the children concerned . |
| 26 | Just sharp enough to avoid sentimentality |
| 27 | However , they know enough to avoid the angry man , now getting angrier by the minute . |
| 28 | Studded with ( studied ) disco clichés now distant enough to resonate with Antiques Roadshow mystique , throbbing with a new cyber-strength that the old classics could never match , they are smart enough to avoid a headlong plunge into unabashed shallowness . |
| 29 | The additional times caused by linkage handling can be avoided if the link held on the prime data track contains the record key , and if the software can detect whether the required record is in overflow quickly enough to avoid missing the start of the next record . |
| 30 | Diana and Mary were curious about my past , but sensitive enough to avoid asking questions which would hurt me . |