Sentence examples for avoid inflicting from inspiring English sources

The coalition was not bombing inside the cities to avoid inflicting civilian casualties, he said.

Those guidelines are in place partly to avoid inflicting unnecessary side-effects on patients and partly to reduce the risk of drug-resistant strains of the virus developing.

"In the very few abortions where fetal pain could possibly occur," he said, "consider what can be done to avoid inflicting a lot of pain on the fetus".

Even when they do, they have to speak other languages extremely well to avoid inflicting halting French, say, on rooms of fluent English-speakers.

A spokesman for President Bush called on Israel to avoid inflicting civilian casualties, although he did not call for a halt to the attacks on Hamas.

The purposes of bail pending trial in criminal cases are to avoid inflicting punishment upon an innocent person (who may be acquitted at trial) and to encourage the unhampered preparation of his defense.

On Monday, the European Central Bank avoided inflicting immediate catastrophe on Greece.

Local campaigners say the lack of respite from noise would be unacceptable and "mixed mode" – take-off and landing on the same runway – is something Heathrow has so far avoided inflicting on its neighbouring communities.

It said it did not want to put an age warning for under-18s on the content, which is being used by some Russian publications as a way to avoid accusations of inflicting gay values on minors.

I was by no means overtly masculine, yet, through sheer genetic luck, I wasn't "obviously gay" and therefore managed to largely avoid the cruelties inflicted on those who were.

People often leave prison more damaged and more dangerous than when they first went in and we are mistaken if we think we can avoid having that inflicted on us when they come back to our streets.