Example sentences of "in [noun sg] to avoid [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The perfusion fluid samples were analysed in duplicate and in sequence to avoid inter day variation . |
| 2 | Code is used in order to avoid unnecessary repetition . |
| 3 | Thus , when he explained his view of the campaign , and of the war as whole , to Cantalupo on 4 April , he claimed that he was waging war slowly , in order to avoid unnecessary destruction and to consolidate the " liberation " ( which , he said , was not the same as the mere " conquest " ) of one area before going on to the next . |
| 4 | Manorial rents fell and in order to avoid financial ruin some lords removed the villages and common fields and turned to direct farming , often preferring to farm sheep rather than grow corn which was less profitable . |
| 5 | The ruling could also prompt the owners of public places such as restaurants , bars , cinemas and sporting venues to think about banning smoking in order to avoid legal action , says the anti-smoking group , Action on Smoking and Health . |
| 6 | Inevitably , there will be cases where installation in LIFESPAN is urgently required in order to avoid serious control problems . |
| 7 | In flow processes , the supply of raw materials has to be planned to the highest standards in order to avoid complete plant shutdown owing to unforeseen shortages . |
| 8 | Although revised , in its final form the bill did not assuage White House misgivings that it would make it too easy for plaintiffs to prove discrimination , and would force employers to impose hiring and promotion quotas based on race and sex in order to avoid expensive law suits . |
| 9 | The terms vary with each contract , however , in order to avoid destructive competition through subsidised credit ( an international consensus on export credit facilities exists between major OECD countries ) . |
| 10 | The Miners ' Federation of Great Britain , which had passed resolutions in favour of both workers ' control and nationalization , supported state control and in order to avoid industrial conflict the Lloyd George Coalition government set up a royal commission , chaired by Lord Sankey , to investigate the coal industry . |
| 11 | In order to avoid unreasonable profiteering , only normal farming rents , presently £40 and £50 per acre , would be paid to affected landlords . |
| 12 | The inspectors , appointed by the Crown in order to avoid governmental interference , had right of access to virtually any chemical company . |
| 13 | The medical requirements are : By day : frequent attention throughout the day in connection with bodily functions or continual supervision throughout the day in order to avoid substantial danger to the disabled person or others . |
| 14 | At night : prolonged or repeated attention during the night in connection with bodily functions ; or continual supervision throughout the night in order to avoid substantial danger to the disabled person or others . |
| 15 | Where trees are to be retained on site , or are outside the site boundary and therefore can not be removed in order to avoid possible subsidence in clay or similar sub-soils , part of the site may be sterilised ( designated ’ unusable ’ ) in order to keep buildings at a safe distance . |
| 16 | In this society where women hold the ultimate responsibility for the welfare of children , it is vital that money paid for the children is paid to the mother on that basis alone , in order to avoid real hardship particularly in times of crisis . |
| 17 | Nurses , who watch groups of older people getting together to role-play interactions with professionals , learn a great deal about the barriers which busy professionals put up in order to avoid real communication . |
| 18 | She expected to find Lori 's head swimming into focus , close to her own , like a pale balloon and looked away in order to avoid that confrontation . |
| 19 | The Alexander Technique , which is a way of allowing the body and mind to work together in order to avoid muscular tension , has constantly helped me to be calmer in stressful situations . |
| 20 | In order to avoid successive mark-up problems , the manufacturers may each decide to charge input at marginal cost , but gain benefits by imposing a positive franchise fee . |
| 21 | In order to avoid any misunderstanding I would add , however , that since the requirement for the vessel to be operated from the national territory is indissociable from the very concept of establishment , its formal introduction could not constitute an infringement of anyone 's legitimate expectations . |
| 22 | However it is recommended that this privilege should be assigned to one individual in order to avoid any conflict of activity . |
| 23 | In order to avoid any bias resulting from the selection process ( originating from measurement errors which may tend to put shares which had positive discrepancies into the high beta portfolios and vice versa ) the return was calculated using the data from the sixth year following the beginning of the period in which the betas had been estimated and chosen . |
| 24 | In order to avoid any confusion , patients with small or long finger like projections of gastric mucosa or ‘ creeping substitution ’ were completely excluded from the present study and only the circumferential extension of gastric mucosa , which may be regular or irregular , was considered as Barrett 's oesophagus . |
| 25 | In order to avoid any trouble with the Warden 's forces , they decided to give Jedburgh itself a wide berth , so followed Rule Water down to its junction with Teviot at Menslaws , where they camped the night . |
| 26 | On the other hand , perhaps he was simply agreeing to her demands in order to avoid another argument . |
| 27 | In order to avoid potential debt and environmental liabilities by association with former GDR companies , Mercedes-Benz was buying a 25 per cent share in and management control of LKW-Montagsgesellschaft , a new company being set up by Treuhandanstalt . |
| 28 | In this writer 's view , Franco 's response showed that he understood it well enough , but behaved as though he did not in order to avoid direct confrontation with the Germans and , at the same time , to slow the war down . |
| 29 | Republican opponents of the bill had managed to raise terror among businessmen that they would end up having to adopt hiring quotas in order to avoid costly discrimination suits . |
| 30 | 3.3 The Tenant shall as soon as practicable after the date of this agreement at its own expense prepare the Plans and submit them to the Landlord for approval [ such approval not to be unreasonably withheld [ or delayed ] ] The landlord 's approval of the plans should not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and it would be advisable for the tenant to commence the preparation of the plans as soon as it may be practicable in order to avoid subsequent delay . |