Example sentences of "[noun] so [conj] avoid [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 I had come this way a hundred times , always varying my route so as to avoid making more of a track than a rabbit might do .
2 He normally hung about the house all day and disappeared before his father brought the sheep back from pasture so as to avoid milking time .
3 Equally , the customers of the odour bar might be adopting a glassy-eyed demeanour so as to avoid seeming to scrutinize Meh'Lindi in what might be construed as an impertinent fashion .
4 The commonly-held view that good teachers are ones who can pass on their expertise through clear explanations so as to avoid confusing their pupils has some interesting implications .
5 It 's important to achieve a non-confrontation setting — with refreshments available , seating arranged in a circular pattern so as to avoid grouping staff and governors in a defensive posture behind a line of tables , or even worse , sheltering on the school stage .
6 ‘ Surely you can organise your life so as to avoid lifting ? ’
7 Must we take a fund so as to avoid having our patients condemned to the lower tier of a two tier service ?
8 Whether one is satisfied that Mercier made free with its location so as to avoid having a fussy detail right at the edge of his picture must be for each observer to decide .
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