Sentence examples for avoid ceding from inspiring English sources

Franz I surrendered not only substantial territory, but declared the end of the Holy Roman Empire to avoid ceding the title to Napoleon.

The two write that Republican strategists have urged Mr. Romney to wage a strong campaign in Iowa if he hopes to avoid ceding victories to Mr. Perry in the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries.

He asserts that the Palestinian leadership is not a credible negotiating partner but that Israel must act now to avoid ceding more land in an eventual, internationally imposed solution.

While the King's Bench was more revolutionary, the Common Pleas became increasingly conservative in its attempts to avoid ceding cases.

When the King's Bench attempted to use the Bill of Middlesex to widen its jurisdiction, the Common Pleas became increasingly conservative in its attempts to avoid ceding cases.

"Only by maintaining a capacity to counter foreign subsidies can we hope to maintain a level global trading system and to avoid ceding ground to mercantilists," he wrote.

Those players need to use technique to avoid the small spaces and cede the initiative to San Jose.

To avoid this result, man must cede his natural right of self-defence, and much else, to a sovereign authority with very broad powers, preferably an absolute monarch.

In fact, Flexport turned down billion-dollar-plus valuations in this round to avoid getting in over its head or ceding too much power to investors.

Big firms may have cultural obstacles as well: lawyers are trained to avoid risk, and partners are unwilling to cede control or equity to outsiders.

Webber, passing Schumacher using DRS, cut the chicane on lap 64 and ceded the position back to avoid a penalty.