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Barristers and expert witnesses could not avoid scrutiny, but the judge would have wide discretion to bar coverage of vulnerable witnesses or those who had a reasonable objection, and the power to disallow filming (except of him or herself) if it could prejudice the defendant.

He could not avoid a public face, but he preferred to reserve it for his audiences.

She turned right but could not avoid the impact.

He said Mr. Patino tried to get around the minivan but could not avoid it.

The engineer applied the brakes but could not avoid hitting her, transit officials said.

Ireland huffed, puffed but could not avoid the frustration that stopped being a novel feeling for their manager long ago.

As the train approached the station, the man backed himself against a wall, but could not avoid being hit, a police spokesman said.

Once at the airline, he brought in a new management team but could not avoid bankruptcy after his application for government loan guarantees after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was turned down.

A Republican political consultant who was convicted of stealing campaign funds from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg admitted his guilt at his sentencing hearing on Monday, but could not avoid a prison sentence.

[If pilot error is proved, the three pilots would face manslaughter charges, the prosecutor leading the investigation, Song Kuo-yeh, said Saturday, Agence France-Presse reported.] The pilot, Foong Chee Kong, of Malaysia, survived and has told investigators that he saw an object in his path just before liftoff but could not avoid hitting it.

Cambridge improved after the break but could not avoid slipping to 14th place.

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