Example sentences of "to avoid a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of March 19 said that Lu 's comment was based on " the mistaken belief " that tax increases imposed by Macleod had been necessary to avoid a deficit . |
| 2 | Deportation can not be used to achieve extradition , and the Home Secretary could not use his powers to revoke television licences where people had bought a new licence early in order to avoid a price increase . |
| 3 | Again , it is especially important to keep matting regularly cleaned to avoid a build-up of dirt and stains . |
| 4 | All the members of the Forum say they want to avoid a split at this month 's conference ; but most now reckon a split is unavoidable . |
| 5 | On April 5 , in a move to calm financial markets , to halt an outflow of capital and to avoid a devaluation , the government announced public-sector expenditure cuts of FM10,000 million , equivalent to about 2 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , to be made in 1993 . |
| 6 | He admitted he wanted to see if there was ‘ room for flexible … language ( in the bill ) which may be able to avoid a veto on my part ’ . |
| 7 | Alas , headless flies can learn to hold their legs in a particular position to avoid a shock , and even solve the problem faster than those still encumbered with brains . |
| 8 | The experiment has been extended by trying to teach rats , at various intervals after teaching them to run to avoid a shock , to stay dead still to avoid being given a shock . |
| 9 | His car was hit head-on by another vehicle which swerved to avoid a cow that had strayed onto the bush road . |
| 10 | The political storm generated in 1986 by the proposals to sell various parts of Rover to foreign competition had not been forgotten and the government was keen to avoid a repetition of this , particularly if unpopular rationalisation and plant closures were involved . |
| 11 | Democratic leaders were anxious to avoid a repetition of the damaging splits of 1972 ; they hoped to nominate a candidate acceptable to all the major elements in the party . |
| 12 | It remains to be seen whether such measures will go far to avoid a repetition of the basic abuses , however . |
| 13 | When employees receive benefits from the trust , these are unarguably acquired by virtue of employment and give rise to a Schedule E income tax charge , unless they are granted options structured so as to avoid a Schedule E charge on grant ( see s135 Taxes Act ) . |
| 14 | We have already said how modern choral music tends to avoid a recall of Renaissance or Baroque atmospheres by abandoning the use of choral writing typical of these epochs — fugato , fugue , canon , and other contrapuntal constructions . |
| 15 | The compromise enabled both sides to avoid a battle over discrimination and sexual harrassment , highlighted by the October confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas [ see p. 38510 ] . |
| 16 | Many taxonomists have preferred to avoid a terminology based on uncertain homolgies , so that a large number of special anatomical terms are now applied to the external genitalia of insects ( Tuxen , 1970 ) . |
| 17 | Just at the point where we were walking , the car suddenly mounted the pavement to avoid a vehicle coming in the opposite direction . |
| 18 | It was dark and the lamps were lit and they might not have seen Sesostris if he had not had to step aside to avoid a porter with a heavy bundle on his back and stand for a moment in the light from a shop front . |
| 19 | After an aggressive incident , the subordinate goat will retreat in a low-rumped posture — trying to avoid a blow to its flanks . |
| 20 | The Doctor jerked his head as if to avoid a blow . |
| 21 | But she came close on a corner as he turned and humped his body to avoid a rope , and under the colourless many-coloured water their naked legs brushed weightlessly . |
| 22 | Parents ' giving in to avoid a fight reinforces the child 's difficult behaviour next time this same situation occurs and can also be dangerous : 2-year-olds do n't forget and so parents can not hope that their child will not remember their giving in . |
| 23 | But do n't you think it 'd be better to avoid a fight ? |
| 24 | Though intimidation was not discussed in the case it can not be that B could have avoided the binding nature of the contract by the simple device of counterclaiming for damages for intimidation and it seems therefore that for the purposes of intimidation the plaintiff should be required to show unlawful coercion at least of such a degree as would enable him to avoid a contract . |
| 25 | Seeking to focus debate on Algeria 's economic crisis , Ghozali claimed in interviews with the Belgian news media on July 16 that a change in the law to allow foreign companies increased access to oil and gas production was the only way to avoid a debt rescheduling ; servicing the foreign debt at present absorbed 74 per cent of foreign exchange earnings . |
| 26 | Dyson swung the wheel to the left , then swung it sharply to the right again to avoid a lorry which was overtaking him on the inside . |
| 27 | It appears they took action to avoid a lorry . |
| 28 | ‘ Do you know how to avoid a hangover for ever ? ’ |
| 29 | Today it is customary to have children removed to hospital , and to do everything possible to avoid a scene which might embarrass all present . |
| 30 | Finally , to avoid a scene , his wife granted him an audience and Alice returned to her room upstairs to allow them some privacy . |