Like Paula and Kevin, or Elle and her mom, or Olivia and her father-in-law, a lot of people whose views strongly differ from loved ones' have simply chosen not to engage to avoid pyrotechnics and preserve the relationship.
HFS-B items describe behaviors in which patients may engage to avoid hypoglycemic episodes and/or their negative consequences (e.g., keeping blood glucose [BG] levels above 150 mg/dL, making sure other people are around, and limiting exercise or physical activity).
Joseph, who was engaged to Mary, wanted to avoid the shame of having his betrothed being impregnated by another man.
"I think people will want reassurance that these figures haven't been the result of behaviour that the train company has engaged in to avoid paying compensation," said Mr Clark.
In the course of one short summer night, Bertie suffers a succession of humiliations but manages to avoid getting engaged to the wrong girl.
In 2015 America must actively engage China to avoid steps in this direction.
With plenty of explosions and gunfights, it's fast-paced enough to gloss over the plot's almost inevitable shortcomings, while just engaging enough to avoid charges of vacuity.
The wounded feelings are always being created by the protective, controlling, addictive behaviors we engage in to avoid the painful, existential core feelings.
In order to engage, and to avoid some shoals (known as the Middle Ground) near the mouth of the bay, Graves around 2 00 pm ordered his whole fleet to wear, a manoeuvre that reversed his line of battle, but enabled it to line up with the French fleet as its ships exited the bay.
