Sentence examples for and preferred to avoid from inspiring English sources

They anticipated spending around $1 million and preferred to avoid prewar buildings.

In his journalism career Lie attempted to avoid the yellow press tactics used by his contemporaries and preferred to avoid extensive polemics in the press.

This theme was also strongly portrayed in relation to tablet medication; some subjects were wary of taking tablets and preferred to avoid them.

Different meant choosing locations off main roads because, Mr. Hill said, women do most banking and prefer to avoid congested areas.

Many people in Sierra Leone fear that health workers are actively trying to spread the disease, and prefer to avoid hospitals.

The group has a staff of planners who work with communities to fight sprawl and protect the quality of life, and prefers to avoid litigation by working collaboratively to solve problems, said its executive director, Ned Sullivan.

As a rule, I am lazy and prefer to avoid anything resembling work, and research feels like work, as opposed to my strong suit, which is sitting around making things up.

Calibrate the machine?" Perhaps you're the type of person who usually turns the other cheek in difficult situations and prefers to avoid conflict at all cost.

The IWW believes these constraints undercut worker power and prefers to avoid them ― though it does sometimes organize more formal unions as well.

Despite The Orb's success, Paterson and Weston preferred to avoid personal publicity and instead allow their music to be the focus of attention.

In general women do not have a tradition of telling gruesome war stories, and most preferred to avoid recounting unpleasant details.