Sentence examples for and prefers to avoid from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Once demand recovers, or at least stabilizes, Weiss sees good return potential in the sector and said he prefers to avoid companies that concentrate in refining and marketing since they have greater volatility and are therefore recommended for investors with higher risk tolerance and a variable holding period.

He talks to Tom Brook about bulking up as a "man mountain" – and why he prefers to avoid Hollywood's big- budget blockbusters.