Example sentences of "in [noun sg] to avoid be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have been very much home-based , you may need some encouragement from your partner in getting involved in community activities or a hobby ; and it may be necessary , in order to avoid being over dependent on another person . |
| 2 | The actual distance covered will probably be no more than 2 feet , so it is necessary to respond in less than a quarter of a second in order to avoid being struck . |
| 3 | We 're saying that by 1995 , all UK beaches will only be reaching the bare EC legal standard in order to avoid being prosecuted . |
| 4 | It does this by disguising itself as an aphid , in order to avoid being detected by the ants . |
| 5 | The defendant , according to his own evidence , never believed that he was liable in law , but signed the notes in order to avoid being sued as Goble was . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , the Department of Health was urging caterers to adopt total quality management systems in order to avoid being caught out by environmental health officers . |
| 7 | In order to avoid being taken to have accepted a seller 's terms by accepting a delivery note , the buyer may arrange for its warehouse staff to acknowledge receipt of goods delivered by issuing a form referring to its own terms ; alternatively , it may stamp the seller 's delivery note with a receipt referring to its own terms , which may be effective to incorporate them if the stamp is legible . |
| 8 | Mr Brian Allen , assistant director of finance at Sedgefield council , said : ‘ The budget will be frozen this year in order to avoid being capped . |
| 9 | Finally , in order to avoid being rounded up , they pretend to be locked in a passionate embrace in a doorway . |