Example sentences of "to avoid a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take , for instance , the question : ‘ When will the right to avoid a voidable contract be lost ? ’ |
| 2 | Kylesku was notorious , and approaching cars raced to be in the front of the queue to avoid a frustrating wait . |
| 3 | They would try to avoid a stalled situation near the ground by pushing forwards if the aircraft bounced . |
| 4 | An order was made under section 4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 postponing publication or report of certain details of the proceedings until after the conclusion of all 24 numbered indictments in a schedule , when it would be announced in open court by Judge McMullan that the order had expired ; the order stated that the purpose of making it was that it was adjudged to be necessary to avoid a substantive risk of prejudice to the administration of justice in other pending proceedings . |
| 5 | They would include : opportunities for students to see or experience equipment or processes which are not on offer within the institution ; the chance for a student to sample a possible future job or career ; the opportunity to learn something ( not much ) of the lives led in employment by their neighbours , their parents or their peer-group , so that they may grow up more understanding and more tolerant ( this rather pious hope may in fact be quite unjustified , they may have confirmed or developed disdain or envy for others ) ; a good student may catch the eye of an employer looking for a later recruit ; absence may lend enchantment to the view of the college and the students may return from work-experience reassured about their choice of education ; students may be motivated to work hard at college by the prospect of either securing a job like the one they have seen or tried , or by the determination to avoid a similar fate ; all these outcomes may be little more predictable than the consequences of going to the zoo for a visit . |
| 6 | Other policy-makers were similarly torn between the desire to stop the crisis and to avoid a lasting rift with the British . |
| 7 | When entering shops it is essential to make a mental note of who is in front of you , and it is the custom when entering a shop to ask if they have the items you want in stock to avoid a pointless wait . |
| 8 | It sometimes happens , where the end of a session is imminent , that a government will seek to bargain with the opposition to avoid the demise of Bills , which would otherwise lapse , so as to avoid a total waste of the parliamentary time devoted to them . |
| 9 | And with three eclipses , you may not be able to avoid a fateful attraction . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If it is important to avoid a meaningless intercept for any reason , one could add or subtract an appropriate constant from all the X s ; interested readers can follow the idea up in Mosteller and Tukey 's text ( 1977 : 58–61 ) . |
| 12 | She saw Guy jerk back to avoid a slashing blow to the throat , then they closed again , rolling right to the edge of the treacherous stairway . |
| 13 | How to avoid a greedy disaster and develop dignified and durable tourism |
| 14 | They side-stepped to avoid a horse-drawn karozzin , bearing a couple of laughing holidaymakers on a tour of the city . |
| 15 | The bidder will be particularly anxious to keep the discussions confidential to avoid a premature announcement of the bid before the terms of the scheme and the draft scheme document are finalised . |
| 16 | But in other west European countries a different conclusion is being drawn , namely that European political union , perhaps excluding Britain , is all the more important so as to provide a check on American behaviour , to avoid a unipolar world . |
| 17 | To avoid a streaky fake tan , mix tanning cream with body lotion . |
| 18 | ‘ A decision was needed today to avoid a legal vacuum when quotas expire at the end of the month , ’ an EC spokesman said . |
| 19 | He also suggests that it might be a good idea if we move one at a time to avoid a ridiculous crush in the tent ; I should get up and move out , then he will get up and start the fire , then Nathan can get up last . |
| 20 | The Peoples Democracy Platform , the reformers ' ally , wants to avoid a major split at all costs and are trying desperately to prevent a purge . |
| 21 | In order to avoid a major rebellion , Father eventually gave in and lugged my piece of wood all the way to Berwickshire . |
| 22 | ‘ We want to avoid a major incident if we can possibly help it ! ’ |
| 23 | Despite the Soviet ( and probably the Chinese ) desire to avoid a major crisis in the Far East , much bridge-building was undoubtedly necessary between East and West . |
| 24 | HOLIDAY motorists have been warned to avoid a major Florida highway because of sniper and stone-throwing attacks . |
| 25 | For example , Uruguay were put in the third pool to avoid a possible conflict of South American interests with Colombia . |
| 26 | For example , Uruguay were put in the third pool to avoid a possible conflict of South American interests with Colombia . |
| 27 | In a letter sent to Foreign Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) shortly before the meeting , Fernández Ordóñez maintained that the need for a new Mediterranean-based security organization stemmed from the " concern … to avoid a possible collision course between Islam and the West " . |
| 28 | However , The Scotsman understands that the vessel had to make an emergency ascent to the surface in order to avoid a possible contamination of her crew 's air supply . |
| 29 | Open every 2–3 days for a short while to avoid a stagnant atmosphere . |
| 30 | In late October 1990 Namaliu adjourned parliament early in order to avoid a planned no confidence motion ( over the Bougainville situation — see above ) , and in November he announced that the legislature would remain adjourned until July 1 , 1991 . |