Sentence examples for Avoid taking action from inspiring English sources
He rebuked officials hiding "behind minor institutional or technical difficulties in order to avoid taking action".
They find the status quo comfortable, and they avoid taking action that would upset it.
Kathleen Jaeger, head of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, insists that officials must avoid taking action that "sweeps the bad settlements in with the good settlements".
"If indeed there is calm and there is no terror, Israel will make every effort to avoid taking action against terrorists," Mr. Sharon said Sunday.
Companies often avoid taking action, though, and most incidents go unreported, partly because employees know nothing will come of a report.
The relationship as a whole is not adequately institutionalized, and depends on the personal attention of Russian officials who will likely avoid taking action without clear direction from Putin, or who may be removed altogether during the transition.
He said that the US should try to maintain a "respectful relationship with Russia" and avoid taking actions that the Russians might view as a provocation, such as seeking to have Ukraine join NATO or otherwise interfering in Russia's relationship with Ukraine.
Ryan McKnight, executive director of the foundation, said in an interview that his group has released private documents showing that the Mormon Church has avoided taking action on allegations of purported child abuse.
While the USCIRF has been making this particular recommendation since 2002, the State Department has avoided taking action apparently because of the fear of annoying Pakistan, Washington's defiant ally in the war on terror.
They felt they were hemmed in and, in avoiding taking action, assumed a defensive attitude.
One reason international financial officials had considered active American support for the euro unlikely is that the Clinton administration has generally avoided taking actions that might prove detrimental to Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign, which depends in part on the continued robustness of the American economy.
