Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] to avoid [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the truth is that floundering helplessly between two markets — too old-hat to be teeny-bopper and too twee to be taken seriously — Kylie needs a drastic career re-think if she is to avoid becoming a latter-day Lena Zavaroni . |
| 2 | Clearly , your commercial is going to have to achieve some kind of miracle if it is to avoid boring the pants off the heavy viewer and still have some impact on the light viewer . |
| 3 | The company must raise the necessary funds by next week if it is to avoid going into default . |
| 4 | The way round it is to avoid making everything a priority , which is the great temptation in the health service , and establish what 's wanted by both ministers and users participating in a debate about what matters so that you limit the number of priorities , then get them refined so that they are easily understandable and structured . ’ |
| 5 | Only Fontwell survived but the course must pass a 7.30am inspection if it is to avoid becoming the 27th casualty of the season . |
| 6 | That reduction does not take account of further savings of £19.6 million that the council has to make if it is to avoid having its expenditure capped by the Scottish Secretary . |
| 7 | The reduction does not take account of further savings of £19.6 million which the council requires to make if it is to avoid having its expenditure capped by the Scottish Secretary . |
| 8 | As late as 1864 , five years after the appearance of Origin of Species , Alfred Newton remarked to his brother Edward on Gould 's extraordinary avoidance of the entire question , ‘ It is most amusing to see how anxious he is to avoid committing himself about Darwin 's theory . |