Sentence examples for as a means of avoiding from inspiring English sources

"The national security state is rooted in secrecy as a means of avoiding accountability.

Arab traders used it as a means of avoiding robbery along the Silk Road.

Some Japanese fishing vessels now carry Geiger counters, as a means of avoiding hot spots in fishing areas.

The conservatives have always seen a plebiscite as a means of avoiding or deferring marriage equality rather than enabling it.

I resumed browsing, trying to look involved with my phone as a means of avoiding further service.

Volcker, who officially assumed the post in 2009, pushed for tougher financial regulations as a means of avoiding future crises.

During World War II, the route became important as a means of avoiding the submarine menace along the coast.

Theresa May, the home secretary, has criticised some police chiefs for reintroducing targets, claiming they are using them as a means of avoiding responsibility for decisions.

Buddhism is not alone in its spiritual advice of practiced non-attachment to objects as a means of avoiding emotional possession by what one should perhaps merely possess.

Anglicanism's founding event was a sixteenth-century political fix, engineered by Elizabeth I as a means of avoiding the Reformation-era wars tearing at Europe.

Across Manhattan, authors, editors and agents alike work on computer, and make full use of email as a means of avoiding embarrassing and vulgar conversations.