Sentence examples for directed at avoiding from inspiring English sources

If there has been a change of focus after Thursday night, it is directed at avoiding complacency.

He's reached the point in his story where all his energies are directed at avoiding the unavoidable damning conclusion on himself.

Two-thirds of the schemes were aimed at reducing social isolation and exclusion or promoting healthy living among older people, with the remainder directed specifically at avoiding hospital admission or facilitating early discharge.

Cameron believes the culture change is being driven by popular anger directed at companies caught avoiding taxes, but also by unprecedented levels of cooperation between tax jurisdictions threatening to expose the way company accountants try to transfer profits to low-tax jurisdictions.

They are also motivating, because they are related to desire and aversion, and so they explain intentional actions – actions directed at obtaining (or avoiding) some object.

The presence of the human NOTCH3 gene in our mouse model allows for testing compounds specifically directed at human NOTCH3, thereby avoiding an additional hurdle in the translation from pre-clinical to clinical trials.

Keep your eyes and face directed at the ceiling and avoid the temptation to strain your neck to look at your legs.

But Mrs. Rell avoided any criticisms directed at either federal or Louisiana officials regarding their response to the crisis, deflecting questions on the topic.

In what seemed to be a direct challenge to religious hard-liners — as well as an attempt to avoid the criticism directed at Ennahda — he condemned those "who claim to speak for religion" and who "permit killing based on political differences".

A negative attitude, even if it is not directed at us, makes us want to avoid the person generating it.

Moreover, Miloscia's point of view is directly at odds with the Clinton Foundation and Johns Hopkins recommendation to avoid stigmatizing language directed at people who use opioids.