Sentence examples for avoid being dragged into from inspiring English sources

There are suggestions, meanwhile, that Washington is hiding behind the Russian veto to avoid being dragged into a shooting war.

He said he had resigned to "avoid being dragged into an abyss of unconstructive policies based on no law".

But it is far from clear how the money for this will avoid being dragged into the black hole of the acute sector's deficit.

Narrative and voice coil together until it is very difficult to stop reading, very difficult to avoid being dragged into Aldwinter's dark and sometimes darkly comic waters.

In interviews in the summer of 2008, Iraqis said they were so deeply frightened by the killings in 2006 that they would do anything to avoid being dragged into that kind of violence again.

His strategy appears to be to stress his leadership, strike a confident tone and avoid being dragged into a detailed policy debate with his opponents that might cast doubt on his abilities or record.

The world's poorest countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, have fought long and hard in recent years to receive debt forgiveness from the international community; but this research suggests that in many cases, if they had been able to draw their richest citizens into the tax net, they could have avoided being dragged into indebtedness in the first place.

Some weapons, including M79 anti-tank missiles meant for more moderate groups, seem to have fallen into the hands of Jabhat al-Nusra and other Islamists.As international involvement grows, Syria's neighbours are struggling to avoid being dragged in.

Bradford will bid to prevent being No8 at Plainmoor on Saturday, themselves also desperate to avoid being dragged back into the relegation scrap.

And if the United States can avoid being dragged more deeply into the operation, the Pentagon may be able to absorb the costs without seeking a special appropriation, they said.

"You still have a chance to avoid being dragged back to war," he said.