Example sentences of "[vb mod] be avoided [Wh adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument that convicted murderers should be subjected to more rigorous conditions than other long sentenced prisoners was rejected , with the implication that detention for more than ten years should be avoided whenever possible : |
| 2 | Moreover , experience shows that imprisonment for more than about ten years is liable to have so deleterious an effect on the prisoner that longer detention should be avoided whenever possible . |
| 3 | Although VSAM will handle it sequentially , the situation is similar to that of providing an independent overflow area in ISAM and should be avoided whenever possible . |
| 4 | Acronyms should be avoided whenever possible and , if used , defined . |
| 5 | the use of police powers may create provocative incidents , and even if the law can not treat such conduct as being unlawful provocation , such incidents should be avoided wherever possible . |