Sentence examples for insisted that to avoid from inspiring English sources

He insisted that, to avoid dealing in the shares while he had inside information on BP's recent performance, he should keep them until the end of this year.

The McKay commission insisted that, to avoid destabilising parliament and creating two classes of MP, their proposals would not allow English MPs a right of veto over laws passed by the government.

Dar Khalifa's caretakers insisted that to avoid angering the spirits -- known as jinn -- they believed were haunting the house, the whole family had to sleep "on a single grimy mattress, around which a circle had been etched with a lump of coal". They were under strict orders not to open windows, laugh, talk or use the bathroom.

In Washington, where he presided in early August at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Donald Dell, a player and coach turned manager and agent with dozens of player-clients, insisted that conflicts of interest are avoided because the players and tournament owners have a mutual interest.

Second, at the very end of the story, Tolstoy insists that instead of attempting to avoid his own mortality, Ivan Ilyich at last managed to look death in the eye, and that direct confrontation destroyed the terrible fear which had until then so tormented him.

Both sides have insisted that they want to avoid violence, recalling the civil war that erupted after the last demonstrations of this size, in 1991.

Despite his determination to be publicly unveiled, he repeatedly insisted that he wants to avoid the media spotlight.

Charged in the wake of the terrorist bombing in Riyadh with harbouring al-Qaeda operatives, it said the wanted men had all been arrested, pending further investigation.President Muhammad Khatami, feted by Hizbullah during a recent trip to Beirut, insisted that Iran wanted to avoid any escalation of tension in the region.

Israel has repeatedly insisted that it tries to avoid civilian casualties, but says the militants often place their military assets in residential areas.

Such loans would come with a "more focused form of conditionality," according to the fund's updated guidelines, than the full-scale bailout that Madrid has insisted it wants to avoid.

He insisted on anonymity to avoid offending regulators.