Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] avoided [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Again , it appears that contexts of a particular kind must be avoided if the test is to succeed .
2 Overteaching must be avoided as the learner will become confused and end up by remembering nothing .
3 Of course , if government spending were financed by an increase in the money supply , the curve would also shift to the right to and the interest rate increase might be avoided as the economy would move from to rather than from to .
4 The Pope hinted to the mission that much embarrassment could be avoided if the King were to arrange his divorce without consulting Rome .
5 The danger that a landowner 's heir would have to pay relief on succeeding to his estate , and , if a minor , would have to become a ward of the Crown , could be avoided if the landowner himself , during his lifetime , enfeoffed trustees with the lands , reserving to the ‘ use ’ of himself and his heirs the annual income .
6 Once more , the conflict between principle and technicality comes to the surface , and once more the difficulties inherent in the use of the terms ‘ detriment ’ and ‘ benefit ’ would be avoided if the element of bargain were stressed and the language of sale adopted .
7 This effect would be avoided if the responsibility for these expenditures was taken into the budget , and the necessary taxation was raised to cover them .
8 Long-term profitability may depend on investing in research and development , capital equipment , and training , for example , which expenditure will be avoided where the objective is to maximise profits in the short term .
9 The requirement to define a rate of return on futures can be avoided because the security market line can be expressed in terms of price levels using the procedures proposed by Black ( 1976 ) and Duffie ( 1989 ) , which are contained in Appendix 7 .
10 The additional times caused by linkage handling can be avoided if the link held on the prime data track contains the record key , and if the software can detect whether the required record is in overflow quickly enough to avoid missing the start of the next record .
11 These problems can be avoided if the nurse explains to the patient why it is important to move , and assists the patient to move with the minimum of discomfort .
12 This can be avoided if the panel decides which areas are to be covered , before the interview :
13 Obviously , this can be avoided if the Report is available at an earlier stage but if for any reason difficulties were anticipated , one method of avoiding the production of a producible Report would be to ask the expert to give his opinion verbally , to be followed up in writing if asked .
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