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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoid preventing" is not correct and is generally not usable in written English.
It seems contradictory, as "avoid" implies steering clear of something, while "preventing" suggests actively stopping it.
Example: "We should focus on ways to avoid preventing progress in our project."
Alternatives: "prevent hindering" or "stop obstructing".
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But it must be done in a manner that takes great care to avoid preventing eligible voters from casting a ballot.
Mr Alexander said: "We should create a new offence of corporate failure to avoid preventing an economic crime and also that organisations who facilitate or encourage evasion should face the same penalty as the evaders themselves".
Mr Alexander, who will make the Commons announcement, said then: "We should create a new offence of corporate failure to avoid preventing an economic crime and also that organisations [which] facilitate or encourage evasion should face the same penalty as the evaders themselves.
Monensin (Sigma) was added only 10 min after linear HER-GLP-1, branched HER-GLP-2 or parent non-lipidated HER-GP addition (in an attempt to avoid preventing their endocytosis) at a concentration of 50 µM.
Because the sources of maternal CMV infection are ubiquitous and difficult to avoid, preventing congenital CMV infection will likely require development of an effective vaccine.
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This section may seem at first glance very depressing, but the purpose is threefold: firstly to question the wisdom of being haunted and/or feeling sorrow or frustration at things we can neither avoid, prevent or change.
To improve patient safety we need to determine how to measure safety accurately, and identify ways of avoiding, preventing and ameliorating patient harm.
"We want to deter, avoid and prevent conflict through our unquestioned military strength".
Indonesia can't avoid or prevent severe conflict, but it can weather it without falling apart.
Devise and implement procedures which mitigate those risks by enabling you to resist, avoid or prevent bribery.
Similar techniques can be used to calculate the course an airplane must avoid to prevent collision with another aircraft.
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