Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [conj] to avoid [verb] " 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 | 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 . |
5 | ‘ Surely you can organise your life so as to avoid lifting ? ’ |
6 | Must we take a fund so as to avoid having our patients condemned to the lower tier of a two tier service ? |
7 | 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 . |