Example sentences of "[noun sg] as to avoid " in BNC.

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1 All sides — Iran and all parties capable of doing something — can bring pressure to end this tragedy in such a manner as to avoid giving the impression that this was done to make trade or that one side has blackmailed the other into doing something it did not want to do . "
2 The nurse 's responsibility is then to prepare the patient for theatre in such a way as to avoid and/or prevent these whenever possible .
3 The ingredients are familiar , reminiscent of the pastoralism of Bewick and Palmer , but they are patterned in such a way as to avoid the cosily picturesque .
4 For example , persons should be held in such a way as to avoid any interference with breathing or blood circulation , or contact with sexual areas ; if possible they should be held down on soft surfaces such as a bed , chair etc .
5 Apparently , the Government now agree that such a long-term project needs to be funded in such a way as to avoid unnecessary delays .
6 If this is the case , then we must concentrate on formulating the problem in such a way as to avoid the combinatorial explosion of hypotheses associated with unrestricted breadth-first search .
7 Whether in fact any such obligations have been created depends on the construction of the lease ; and there is nothing which requires the lease to be constructed in such a way as to avoid , if possible , the creation of such obligations ( Bradshaw v Pawley [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 10 , where liability for rent was held to be retrospective ) .
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