Sentence examples for explanations for avoiding from inspiring English sources

In the case of marriages, it is difficult to reconcile other possible explanations for avoiding ceremonies on the 17th (which in principle is as good as any other day in the month).

(FGDs #2, 5, 6, 11, 12) During the rice growing season (September to early January), people reported not defecating in the fields and gave numerous explanations for avoiding them.

"I saw the headline figure this morning of $5 billion and thought, 'hang on.'" He then scrolled down to the bank's explanation for the avoided charge and realized what had happened.

Resist your shrink's advice that you devote more time and money to psychological explanations for your urges; avoid your doctor's offers of Prozac or Viagra; harden your heart against your spouse's complaint that what you really need is a used Volvo.

Case in point: Anthony's recent explanation for wishing to avoid having his right knee drained of fluid buildup included a crack about a fear of needles — strange for a man who has a fair number of tattoos, as someone pointed out on Twitter.

He pointed to our exact failings and demanded explanations — very specific explanations — for how we planned to avoid embarrassing ourselves in the future.

Merrifield laments the fact that the majority of archaeologists, particularly those studying literate, historical periods, have avoided ritual explanations for unusual phenomenon in the archaeological record; he believes that they exhibit a "ritual phobia".

Mr. Steinbrück, avoiding self-incriminating explanations for what went so wrong, or convincing plans for the future, has been reduced to pleading his good faith.

For all illiterate parents, the researchers read the questions and provided a full explanation to avoid any misunderstanding and wrong answers.

92 The participants in the studies presented here did not simply have a knowledge deficit but held alternative explanations for their hypertension; many deliberately chose to avoid drugs.

We thus avoid "overinterpreting" our data or constructing causal explanations for random or systematic bias.