Example sentences of "a [adj] way [prep] avoid " in BNC.

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1 That could go a long way towards avoiding car payments .
2 The reader should be aware , however , that recent years have seen the enactment of a number of important statutory forms of liability in particular areas of exceptional risk which go a long way towards avoiding the likelihood of protracted litigation inherent in the ill-defined nature of the rules of strict liability at common law .
3 Abstaining from sex is a sure way of avoiding this route of HIV infection .
4 Some machines have less trouble with this than others , but the option of being able to use an extension microphone held well away from the camcorder is a good way of avoiding spoiling your recordings .
5 It is perhaps a good way of avoiding the hermeneutic error .
6 Cynical readers might be forgiven for thinking that concentrating on the minutiae of standards is a convenient way of avoiding the subject of how the industry is faring in a depressed market — but they would be wrong .
7 Of course , some or all investment business can be referred to a suitably qualified independent third party ( from whom the practitioner may still receive an introductory commission ) but , while this undoubtedly has merit in certain circumstances , it is often used as a convenient way of avoiding involvement in an area of activity that is regarded as intrusive rather than welcome .
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