To this point, I have avoided using the word "prediction" in the context of Mr. Romney's lead or his chances of winning the nomination.
More recently, some scholars have challenged the usage: Phillip Lindley, for example, makes a point of referring to "tomb monuments", saying "I have avoided using the term 'funeral monuments' because funeral effigies were, in the Middle Ages, temporary products, made as substitutes for the encoffined corpse for use during the funeral ceremonies".
Janet H. Brown, a spokeswoman for the commission, said it had avoided using anchors as moderators since 1988 for fear that they would overshadow the events.
Kudelski, based in Lausanne, one of the largest suppliers of pay-television systems, said the patent was to expire in a few months, and that it had avoided using technology that would have infringed IPPV's patent.
Indeed, the federal judges who have avoided using the sentencing guidelines so far, their number growing daily, have advocated two basic alternatives, neither involving juries.
Brian Boehringer and Ramiro Mendoza have been effective in middle relief but each is coming off arm surgery, and Torre and Stottlemyre have avoided using either on consecutive days.
Fox pundits, perhaps mindful that their owner, Rupert Murdoch, recently came out for a path to citizenship, have avoided using the A-word to describe the latest proposals.
The ability to create branded widgets at no extra charge should appeal to a number of bloggers who have avoided using the ads because of their generic appearance.
In this paper, we have avoided using "rough and roughness" as descriptors as much as possible and instead use terms like aperture or surface variations.
The students expressed that such a "funny-sounding" expression would not have been accepted by Teacher T1 as in their conventional science lessons; therefore, the students would have avoided using it in their conventional lessons.
Nearly 60percentt of trans people in America say they have avoided using public bathrooms for fear of harassment or violence, according to a landmark survey conducted before the passage of HB 2 and published last year.
