The phrase "avoid constructions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to steer clear of certain grammatical structures or phrases that may be unclear or awkward.
Example: "In your writing, try to avoid constructions that may confuse the reader, such as overly complex sentences."
Alternatives: "steer clear of phrases" or "refrain from using structures".
Thus, make it 10th anniversary, not the redundant 10-year anniversary, and avoid constructions like six-month anniversary.
Frege explicitly remarked upon the fact that he labored to avoid constructions and appeals to intuition in the proofs of basic propositions of arithmetic (1879, Preface/5, Part III/§23; 1884, § 62, 87; 1893, §0; and 1903, Appendix).
Avoid constructions like "advocate for" or "advocate on behalf of".
But Tansey knows it will be hard to avoid construction.
For example, operators can modify routes instantly to avoid construction zones or traffic congestion.
Ms. Lappin said that many people now cross the street to avoid construction sites.
Directions: To avoid construction on Lilydale Road, follow the directions on the Pool and Yacht Club website.
At one point the parade routed onto the sidewalk to avoid a bus, and then back into the street to avoid construction scaffolding.
More important, offshore wind farms, Mandelstam explained, can be built close enough to big, power-hungry cities — or "load centers" — to avoid construction of expensive and politically unpopular transmission lines.
In order to reduce traffic congestion and avoid construction of the Expressway, we conclude that the people of Hui-Lan should consider the small-scale eco-tourism model as an option in future economic development.
Over the last 20 years, many campuses have shifted their emphasis to manage the demand, rather than build more garages, out of a desire to reduce their carbon footprint, put valuable land to higher uses and avoid construction costs that can run $20,000 to $30,000 a space.
