Sentence examples for in a race to avoid from inspiring English sources

Tim Duncan added 23 points and the Spurs temporarily pulled themselves out of the last playoff seed in the West, where San Antonio is bunched with Portland and Oklahoma City in a race to avoid the No. 8 spot -- and a first-round series against the Lakers.

He's in a race to avoid having his DACA work permit expire.

But in today's address, Mr. Corzine used the tax increase to question Mr. Florio's viability as a candidate in November, breaking a promise he made earlier in the race to avoid making criticisms that Republicans might seize on in a general election.

Liam Boyce's equaliser kept Motherwell in relegation danger and maintained Ross County's six-point lead in the race to avoid a play-off.

Dunfermline gained a point away to Inverness but fell further behind in the race to avoid relegation from the Scottish Premier League.

With matches against Stoke, Hull and Everton remaining this season, Tottenham Hotspur are up against it in the race to avoid qualifying for next season's Europa League.

There are still more runners in the race to avoid relegation from the First Division than finished the Grand National, but the bad news for Crystal Palace is three of them cleared big fences on Saturday.

Mr. Lotfy and Mr. Aboul Fotouh "still come from the Brotherhood world," said Shady el-Ghazali Harb, a liberal who voted for a Nasserite socialist in the first round of the presidential race, to avoid either an Islamist or Mr. Shafik.

The trainer, Neil Drysdale, shielding his star right up to the starting gate, even said he would saddle Fusaichi Pegasus in the inside paddock before the race to avoid the crowd in the outside saddling ring.

The Gore campaign has told President Clinton to steer clear of battleground states like Michigan and Pennsylvania in the closing days of the presidential race to avoid alienating the swing voters who will play a crucial role in choosing his successor, Democratic officials say.

A priori, we performed our analyses separately by race, to avoid confounding by race.