The phrase "and seek to avoid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to prevent or evade a particular situation or outcome.
Example: "In order to maintain a positive work environment, we must identify potential conflicts and seek to avoid them."
Alternatives: "and try to prevent" or "and aim to evade".
The statement did not mention Iraq's claims of two dead, but said allied airstrikes "do not target civilian populations or infrastructure" and seek to avoid civilian casualties.
They are bored at school, increasingly have no father figures to motivate them, don't have the skills to form real romantic relationships, feel entitled to have things done for them (usually by their parents) and seek to avoid a looming adulthood of debt, unfulfilling work and other irksome responsibilities.
As negotiators look to build global instruments that will strengthen and support nationally-owned strategies, they should minimize complexity in funding channels and seek to avoid the undesirable characteristics of vertical funds.
A footnote in the broadcasters' argument to the high court states that clouds and digital lockers to store music are designed to comply with the Cablevision ruling and "seek to avoid public performance liability by creating user-associated copies of each song rather than sharing song files among multiple users". .
Both Barry et al. [ 26] and van der Horst [ 36] note that opponents to wind power developments are often aware of the potential to be branded a "NIMBY" and seek to avoid being portrayed as such.
Connecticut's legislation calls for tight regulation and seeks to avoid disagreements with the federal government.
The jumpy American populace of that era stayed out of crowded places and sought to avoid trips to major cities.
And for us in Britain this will pose a sharp, for some deeply uncomfortable, choice that we have hoped and sought to avoid.
She thought it unfortunate that so many women wrote "out of a decorative impulse" and sought to avoid wasting her own talents on mere "literary needlework".
He said that if Private Manning had not been selective and seeking to avoid harm, he would have leaked much more — like reports from confidential sources.
