Example sentences of "so as avoid " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 1899 , the intention of the clergy to assume and maintain absolute control of their schools led a number of them to refuse to appoint members of the Irish National Teachers ' Organization so as to avoid trade union interference . |
| 2 | The main purpose of the costings for the latter years is to identify probable peaks and troughs in the overall programme , which can be smoothed out by phasing in major projects so as to avoid clashes . |
| 3 | The modus vivendi was not signed , but it was promulgated in January 1948 in the minutes of the Combined Policy Committee so as to avoid reference to Congress or to the United Nations , which would have been necessary for a formal international agreement . |
| 4 | But exceptions have had to be made for words like prie-Dieu ( prayer-stool ) , which will remain without an x in the plural so as to avoid blasphemous implications . |
| 5 | But his whole account can perhaps be understood so as to avoid such objections . |
| 6 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
| 7 | But try to channel your activities to the canine crowd so as to avoid a show-down which could prove to be a great embarrassment . |
| 8 | ‘ Surely you can organise your life so as to avoid lifting ? ’ |
| 9 | The widening or duplication of tunnels to obviate one way working of wide barges so as to avoid long delays . |
| 10 | The present improvement has for its object to compensate for the disturbance of the balance between the upgoing and downgoing lifts which occurs by the immersion of the latter in the water at the foot of the incline , and the improvement consists in gradually diminishing the gradient at the upper end of the incline so as to avoid the great increase of haulage power which would otherwise be required to raise the ascending lift from about the moment when the descending dock begins to enter the water . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The police restricted the parade to the Falls area and the organising committee then called it off so as to avoid compromising the principle of working-class unity . |
| 13 | The surveyor should ensure that his inspection is carried out so as to avoid damage to contents and to the property . |
| 14 | Downpipes should be clean and placed at frequent intervals so as to avoid long gutter runs and changes of direction . |
| 15 | It was even more important to know when evil gods would be in charge so as to avoid trouble as far as possible by doing nothing at such times . |
| 16 | The gas ( lighting ) to be extinguished as soon as the congregation has dispensed , so as to avoid waste . |
| 17 | One is to make maximum use of long-term debt , so as to avoid loan repayments before the project 's completion . |
| 18 | It must sound innocuous , so as to avoid the attention of the censor . ’ |
| 19 | In previous years he had forbidden staff to bring their own booze ‘ so as to avoid making an invidious distinction ’ . |
| 20 | I saw some people from school and turned my head away so as to avoid them . |
| 21 | There must be direct frontage access to houses , shops and workplaces and a dense mesh with frequent–unctions so as to avoid detours . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Assuming that the system is based on a common 8-bit Z80 microprocessor , the ADC should be allocated a unique I/O address ( chosen so as to avoid conflict with other I/O devices which may be present ) . |
| 24 | What is important is to learn by our mistakes so as to avoid future problems . |
| 25 | However , he arranged that , when they had locked their offices and safes , committee secretaries , department heads and Politburo members could leave the building through a secret underground exit so as to avoid the main entrances around which an over-excited crowd was waiting . |
| 26 | Dr Barsamian stresses , however , the importance of a correct understanding of such concepts and methods of analysis so as to avoid unrealistic expectations about their capabilities by non-experts . |
| 27 | They are worth bearing in mind as at least a partial explanation of some aspects of credit use , so as to avoid the risk of misinterpreting those aspects as a purely a matter of individual consumer choice . |
| 28 | Some authorities require a restriction on the number of weeks a buyer may purchase so as to avoid the possibility of permanent use by a single owner . |
| 29 | You should keep uppermost in your mind the idea of minimum involvement so as to avoid the problems of parents becoming too dependent on professionals . |
| 30 | For seven years prior to 1961 , twenty-nine electrical corporations , including some of the best known names in the country , such as General Electric and Westinghouse , conspired illegally to fix prices on large , mainly government contracts , so as to avoid competition and hence reap enormous illegal profit ( Geis 1967 ; Smith 1961 ) . |