Sentence examples for effort to avoid a from inspiring English sources

Mr Moussa was planning to visit Baghdad in a last-ditch effort to avoid a war.

But the senator thinks there was an effort to avoid a document trail.

"Everything's a step, but we felt there was enough of an effort to avoid a strike".

They sometimes conceal errors in an effort to avoid a legal ordeal.

Gordon is the club's president and as much as anyone led the heroic effort to avoid a merger in 1989.

His recent activism may be part of an urgent effort to avoid a further erosion in confidence and with it, presumably, more falls in shares.

The focus on Mr. Hayes's difficulties followed other testimony offered by the defense in an effort to avoid a death sentence.

Philip Rosedale, Second Life's creator, is keenly aware of the historical precedent and scans old news reports about AOL in an effort to avoid a similar fate.

Mr. Megna said the state, in an effort to avoid a confrontation, would tax wholesalers who sold cigarettes to Native American tribes.

Others say they see signs of an effort to avoid a repeat of the fractious tone that marked the December treaty negotiations.

The Conservatives have mounted a huge effort to avoid a second by-election defeat following last month's loss of Clacton to Ukip.