Sentence examples for anxious to avoid having from inspiring English sources

Anxious to avoid having to choose between Southern Rhodesia and the Commonwealth, Whitehall attempted to negotiate a middle way between the two, but ultimately put international considerations first, regarding them as more important.

Anxious to unload the mess, or at least enough of it to avoid having to consolidate the furniture losses on its own income statement, Masco sold off the division in a leveraged buyout by management in 1996.

The one thing that seems certain is that the Government, which was extremely anxious to avoid trouble, had nothing to do with it.

Where her predecessors had tiptoed around the edges of Kennedy style, as if anxious to avoid the comparison, Obama has embraced many elements of the look and made them her own.

Anxious to avoid the disruption that has marred the torch events in Paris and London, central Delhi was flooded with police officers.

Royal aides asked British media not to publish the photographs but seem anxious to avoid controversy during what has been seen as a successful visit to New Zealand and Australia.

Plans for an extra 20,000 places for students anxious to avoid the dole queues have been slashed to 10,000, and these will be limited to budding scientists and mathematicians.The creation of more academies will increase parents' choice of where their children are educated.

The authorities sealed off much of the heart of this city of 16 million for hours before the event, anxious to avoid the disruption that had plagued earlier stages of the torch relay and concerned that Tibetan exiles in India would sabotage the occasion.

Scott was anxious to avoid the amateurism that had been associated with the Discovery Expedition's scientific work.

I had plenty of time to listen to the messages because Mr. Cheney, anxious to avoid the storm Mr. Bush had stirred up, did not want to talk on the record to the reporters traveling with him.

The government has been anxious to avoid accusations of selling state assets too cheaply but has sometimes leant too far the other way.