Sentence examples for avoid encouraging from inspiring English sources

The two organisations announced recently that they will no longer recognise "youngest sailor" records to avoid encouraging them.

They decided to forgo an Amnesty Day in 2010, they said, to avoid encouraging a culture of temporary illegal pet ownership.

The British Government's policy of not making concessions dates back to the 1970s and aims to avoid encouraging more abductions and funding terrorism.

Instead, they say, to avoid encouraging underage drinking and to protect public health, all alcoholic beverage promotions -- beer and wine advertising included -- should be limited and more carefully regulated.

Coming on the heels of the meeting last week, today's denunciation seemed intended to thrust the United States firmly into the middle of the Korean peace effort -- a position that Washington has sought to avoid, encouraging the Koreas to negotiate their own peace.

But legal experts stressed that the court's studious avoidance of ruling on the legal status of Kosovo as a state had been calculated to avoid encouraging nationalist movements and left the issue of a territory's independence at the discretion of the countries that chose to recognize it.

That would have avoided encouraging the adoption of similar plans in New York, Massachusetts and Vermont.

This is something we need to avoid, not encourage.

While wanting to avoid anything that encourages further reckless borrowing and excessive government spending, they have indicated they will do whatever it takes to prevent a sovereign default of a euro member.

Our targets were to (1) minimize surgical trauma by reducing complications, (2) standardize the technique, (3) avoid immobilization by encouraging early function, and (4) allow partial to full weight-bearing in 4 6 weeks.

The programme will avoid any messages encouraging any change in activities that may influence balance and mobility performance.