Sentence examples for con to avoid from inspiring English sources

The collapse of Railtrack in 2001 after the Hatfield disaster forced the creation of Network Rail, a not-for-dividend statutory corporation limited by guarantee, an elaborate organisational con to avoid the dread words "public company" and "nationalisation", even though it is 100% owned by the state.

The prosecutors say Mr. Goins is pretending to be a con artist to avoid the 20-year prison term he received for armed robbery.

We debate its pros and cons in order to avoid coming to grips with more fundamental challenges.

The report called Mr. Garrido a "master manipulator" who conned psychiatric professionals to avoid scrutiny by parole officers and gain early parole.

A wood‐pulp factory planned on the third largest lake in Sweden, Lake Maharen, was recently rejected to avoid con tamination.

One measure is to avoid con centrating large numbers of lower‐income people in middle income areas.

The souvenir card, according to James A. Conlon, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, will reproduce the designs in their original colors from the master dies but with the country name and denomination removed to avoid con fusion with the actual stamps.

But I don't think he understands himself well enough yet to teach people how to avoid con artists like him.

Other tricks performed in the show included making an elephant disappear and the performance of séances as well as other tricks in order to teach his audience about con men and how to avoid scams intended to manipulate money out of people.

The critical oil (or gas) rate to avoid coning of unwanted fluids into production wells is an important design parameter.

Ms. Miramirkhani had some simple advice to avoid being conned: Don't pick up the phone.