We would not avoid the consequences of this unique construction; Europe's fate would be our fate.
Further, bureaucrats cannot avoid the consequences of misbehavior directed at the president.
"It was Biggs's own choice to offend, and he now appears to want to avoid the consequences of his decision.
All rich countries except Switzerland are now trying to avoid the consequences of increasing the harvesting of forestry.
Bodies that expected food to be plentiful, by contrast, should ration themselves to avoid the consequences of chronic overeating.
Despite these favorable circumstances, the N.F.L. finds it necessary to force-feed them instructions on how to avoid the consequences of being rich and attractive to women.
As Lisa Heinzerling, the Georgetown professor who wrote the plaintiffs' briefs in last year's Supreme Court case, observed: Mr. Johnson "cannot avoid the consequences of his own decisions".
Her new consultation process is all about seeking to avoid the consequences of the government's failure to broker regulation that everyone could appreciate.
The government that bailed out corporations considered too economically important to fail also negotiates settlements permitting giant firms to avoid the consequences of criminal convictions.
Why should immigration authorities and pardon officials and lawyers have to go through hoops to avoid the consequences of an irrationally rigid law?
A few years back, I heard tell of a person who, desperate to avoid the consequences of some traffic violation or another, sought advice from knowledgeable intermediaries.
