Example sentences of "[adv] avoid [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 2 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 3 | So avoid taking a vacation soon after you have acquired a puppy , especially if it means that you will need to place it in kennels . |
| 4 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 5 | Time is precious to all of us so it is worth ‘ wasting ’ a little to avoid wasting a lot . |
| 6 | According to Donal Sheehan , ‘ anyone who wants to work in the film industry would probably avoid making a lesbian or gay film because of the risk of being stereotyped . |
| 7 | However , as we are using incremental change instead of wiping the slate clean and trying to move to a new system , we are avoiding huge extra costs at one fell swoop and also avoiding creating a system in which there would be many losers as well as gainers at the point of change . |
| 8 | The difference between modes of address and pronouns is that the use of pronouns is unavoidable , particularly since pronominal reference is coded in the inflection of verbs in many languages , whereas one can often avoid addressing a person directly . |
| 9 | On Oct. 9 a special court in Lahore adjourned a hearing against her , at which she had again been present , reportedly to avoid making a ruling before the Oct. 24 elections . |
| 10 | Here , as elsewhere , there are difficult questions to be answered : whether membership of a society should involve a positive duty to take care of one 's body for the general social good , either to avoid becoming a burden on other members of the community or even to preserve oneself as a positive contributor to that community . |