The phrase "avoid an increase" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing strategies or actions taken to prevent a rise in something, such as costs, risks, or levels.
Example: "To maintain our budget, we need to find ways to avoid an increase in expenses this quarter."
Alternatives: "prevent a rise" or "stop an escalation".
This appears to be an abnormal autophagic response which does not result in cell death, possibly allowing individual cells to avoid an increase in apoptotic activity (indicated by increased caspase-3 activation) induced by loss of PPARγ activity.
Both measures would avoid an increase in the government's expected 36percentt ownership stake.
With Christmas approaching, the company is urging its 3.7 million customers to think twice before tipping hot oil down the drain, to avoid an increase in blockages.
Mr. Rajoy has said those loans should be made directly to the banks, rather than through the Spanish government, to avoid an increase in metrics of sovereign debt.
To avoid an increase in the money supply and possible inflationary pressure, the E.C.B. will accept one-week deposits from banks equaling the amount spent on bond purchases.
At a recent meeting, one member suggested we institute a flip tax, and a majority of board members felt it would be a good way to avoid an increase in maintenance charges.
The Clinton administration recently deferred to China's opposition to such sales to avoid an increased possibility of armed conflict.
A restrictive antibiotic subscription policy is needed to avoid an increased selection pressure where integrons play a potential significant role for the uptake and dissemination of resistance genes.
After applying Bonferroni adjustment to avoid an increasing probability of a type I error, p values stay below 0.05 the global alpha for this study.
The three month timeframe was chosen on the basis of the standard timeframe for review of chronic conditions and to avoid an increased work load for GPs.
On the contrary, localization microscopy usually needs an additional means of optical sectioning, such as TIR or spinning-disk confocal illumination, in order to avoid an increased overlapping of single emitters and to ensure a correct functioning of the algorithm.
