Sentence examples for precautions not to from inspiring English sources

General Zakai also said that the army was taking great precautions not to harm civilians.

The Israeli government continued to say that its soldiers were taking precautions not to harm Mr. Arafat himself.

"We are taking many precautions not to hurt civilians, and that's why the operation is slow," he said.

Israel has damaged or destroyed almost all of the buildings in raids, but says it took precautions not to harm Mr. Arafat.

Many of these countries use red-edged triangular signs depicting ticks to warn people away from infected areas, typically rural forest land, but visitors should take precautions not to get bitten.

In particular, it is crucial to maintain very low levels of laboratory contamination and consider appropriate standardization procedures to master instrumental isotopic fractionation and use precautions not to alter the isotopic composition during pre-analysis sample treatment.

Collins said the team would take every precaution not to aggravate the injury, but Harvey played down any concerns.

Mr. Dickard said the company permitted only shareholders into the meeting as a security precaution, not to deflect attention.

As Politico put it on Tuesday, "Candidates are taking every precaution not to appear like they're politicizing deadly Hurricane Sandy".

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is warning people to do their best to avoid it and, if they get it, to take every precaution not to spread it.

But the metaphoric meaning of the phrase is "to walk with great care, lightly, tippy-toe, taking precaution not to offend".