Example sentences of "be to be avoided at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gusty winds are to be avoided at all costs . |
| 2 | Offshore winds are dangerous and are to be avoided at all costs . |
| 3 | As a result , there is a continued shortage of residential care facilities for the full-time residence of mentally handicapped people which is perpetuating the need for mental handicap hospitals to house them , even though it is recognised by all parties that this is to be avoided at all costs . |
| 4 | The flat landing Rather like a belly flop in swimming , this is to be avoided at all costs since the flat impact can break a board in half as well as causing injury to the sailor . |
| 5 | This is to be avoided at all costs if the channel is to remain a mass audience broadcaster . |
| 6 | According to Andrew Boorde , the author of the first English book of domestic medicine ( his Dyetary ) lettuce was to be avoided at all costs by anyone who valued his or her sex life . |
| 7 | A shoot-out was to be avoided at all costs , and though Weaver was certainly armed , the moment he was confronted with two heavy-duty thirty-eight calibres , the game would be up . |