The phrase "avoids setting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or behaviors that prevent or refrain from establishing a particular situation or context.
Example: "The new policy avoids setting unrealistic expectations for employees."
Alternatives: "prevents establishing" or "refrains from creating".
It is, Vatican experts said, a solution that not only provides a secure environment for Benedict, but also effectively avoids setting up a power center rivaling the Vatican.
Hester, a synth from a nuclear power plant, goes rogue and narrowly avoids setting off Nottingham's own version of Three Mile Island, while the inevitable star-cross'd love story between synth Anita (Chan) and human-synth hybrid Leo Colin Morgann) bounces on like a ball bearing dropped down a fire escape.
Rather than distilling the narrative into a conventionally operatic story, Mr. Cipullo allows different versions to stand and avoids setting some of the obvious plot points; you have to read between the lines, for instance, to spot Jim's release from captivity at the end of Act I.
Like his operas, it avoids set pieces, letting the voices follow the contours of the text, shaped and guided by orchestral counterpoint spun from leitmotifs.
Conservative cabinet members have thus far tried to avoid setting out their plans.
Labour wants to avoid setting up schools in areas where they are not needed.
If you can avoid setting off the metal detector, you will spare yourself major problems.
Lady has avoided setting foot in Italy, and officials there don't know his current location.
After making several predictions concerning his previous returns, Jeter has avoided setting a timetable this time.
Officials from both sides have so far avoided setting foot on the uninhabited rocks.
To avoid setting precedents Germany could put the money into a trust or foundation, he adds.
