Example sentences of "avoid [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might avoid wasting precious time . ’ |
| 2 | If these are not in the right position for your track , you can make fixings with special plasterboard plugs , but you should then avoid hanging heavy curtains . |
| 3 | Local councils did avoid using national party labels but there was no real need to use them anyway . |
| 4 | This may seem too unprofessional a view to have of them , but even discounting direct informal reporting , they can not avoid using this information when , for example , they are involved in appointments and promotions . |
| 5 | Consequently , you should avoid using this method of sending characters to the printer unless you really need to . |
| 6 | The Board 's aim is to ensure that offshore financial activities are run properly so that the islands can avoid becoming potential breeding grounds for illegal activities . |
| 7 | The buyer should not become obsessed with an issue or entrenched in a particular position and they should avoid defining certain conditions as non-negotiable or certain demands as absolute . |
| 8 | It does not demand that the government shall avoid promoting unacceptable ideals . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the parties and their directors should avoid causing any changes in the scheme particulars prior to the court-ordered meeting . |
| 10 | Moreover , when a lorry can drive up to 600 miles ( 960 km ) on a single tank of fuel , longhaul drivers can avoid paying British diesel taxes by filling up in France . |
| 11 | But the British could avoid turning such disputes into personal grievances with a generosity not available to those who would ultimately be their victims . |
| 12 | Answer : when it is called Microsoft Windows/NT Advanced Server — Microsoft Corp says that it has invoked the name change so as not to confuse customers since a lot of the functions of the OS/2-based LAN Manager which we know and love are already incorporated into the base operating system and Advanced Server will provide only the extras such as multi-domain management ; coincidentally of course , Microsoft will avoid discouraging any users that were n't particularly enamoured of LAN Manager 's original incarnation . |
| 13 | Answer : when it is called Microsoft Windows/NT Advanced Server — Microsoft Corp says that it has invoked the name change so as not to confuse customers since a lot of the functions of the OS/2-based LAN Manager which we know and love are already incorporated into the base operating system and Advanced Server will provide only the extras such as multi-domain management ; coincidentally of course , Microsoft will avoid discouraging any users that were n't particularly enamoured of LAN Manager 's original incarnation . |
| 14 | Just after the war began the prime minister was asked by a Conservative backbencher to condemn the BBC for announcing that it would avoid calling British troops ‘ our troops ’ . |
| 15 | The student should avoid breaking new ground on his own as this may result in the formation of bad habits rather than good ones . |
| 16 | As a matter of common courtesy , for example , a teacher would avoid giving private coaching to child in a colleague 's class . |
| 17 | Now , as we learn to ask animals the right questions , we can avoid doing more harm than good through well-meaning concepts of what constitutes a happy life . |
| 18 | Next time I will avoid starting three classes in a row with a paddler number 1 . |
| 19 | In Chapter 6 we shall look at what some of these common misapprehensions are , so that people can avoid creating unnecessary disappointment and frustration for themselves . |
| 20 | I would avoid changing this team . |
| 21 | Employers should avoid making snap decisions in cases of sickness absence . |
| 22 | In thick undergrowth , not even a leopard can avoid making some noise . |
| 23 | Despite strenuous effects to commit resources to services for people with learning disabilities , Nottinghamshire social services department could not avoid making this policy decision — a decision which was sorely tested . |
| 24 | Indeed , an article at this length will frequently avoid mentioning any work of art by name , being limited instead to a generalised description of an artist 's work . |
| 25 | As far as conversation was concerned , there was one golden rule : a gentleman should avoid telling shaggy-dog stories . |
| 26 | By focusing on this and other problems that USCAR believes are well-suited to collaborative research , the administration would avoid disrupting current plans by Detroit . |
| 27 | For the monkeys to successfully avoid receiving electric shocks , they had to be able to communicate with each other and to send and receive information with appropriate facial gestures . |
| 28 | ‘ We must also avoid offering any challenge to legitimate Soviet security interests , ’ he said . |
| 29 | There are answering machines to help you avoid missing important phone calls . |