Sentence examples for has avoided something from inspiring English sources

It seems that the sixth duke has put the second to shame: his forebear saved a few pounds on his wages bill while the sixth has avoided something approaching £4bn.

I find it difficult to live with myself when I know I've avoided something that has caused me fear.

Clemens had escaped Shea bruised and on the losing end, but he had avoided something much worse.

Fahrenkopf: No problem, they were allowed to sit there, and it was only then that I realized that we had avoided something that I think would have really destroyed the debate and the dignity and the integrity of the debate.

To all the sex and profanity and other outrages, add atheism, something Hollywood has avoided embracing, or even discussing, for nearly a century.

Until now her faith is something she has avoided talking about when she first meets someone ("You know how in films people spit out their drinks when they're surprised, and you think that never happens in real life? It does").

Does he begin to spend large amounts of his own money – something he has avoided so far?

Also, his pledge to "repeal" health care reform may have resonated with a Republican crowd in Winnetka last month, but has since been something he has avoided.

Perhaps it's something that involves a desktop client — something that Google has avoided until now and would be at odds with their cloud-based strategy.

President Islam Karimov of neighboring Uzbekistan has responded to the Islamic radicals with mass arrests, something Mr. Akayev has avoided so far.

Moralizing, one-note didacticism is something that she has avoided, at least until she decided to highlight environmental waste by plunking down two seemingly functional full-scale oil rigs in an empty lot in New York's theater district.