The balls and music are powered by electric motors or a clockwork spring: they only play during the day, to avoid disturbing the owner's sleep.
Your seaside stroll is interrupted by a diversion inland to avoid disturbing the occupants of Villa The Rock, the grandest property along the shore.
To avoid disturbing his wife's sleep, he sang in a whisper, thus adding to the eerie atmosphere already created by lyrics heavy with Southern gothic imagery.
Visitors to the garden are asked to switch off their cellphones, for security reasons and to avoid disturbing the harmony of nature.
Entering Thornton Wood you have to watch your feet, treading cautiously through crisp leaves to avoid disturbing the bumblebees burrowing into the soft soil of the bank.
The scientists wore protective gear and moved carefully to avoid disturbing the office environment, placing 17 plates around Mr. Daschle's office to sample the air.
No development will be permitted, in order to avoid disturbing the contaminates because of driving in piles or digging trenches for utilities.
On Diedre Sud we had to reroute ourselves to avoid disturbing a nesting seagull, then paused on a hands-width ledge to admire the staggering view.
In the considered scenario, the SUs need to adapt their decoding strategies to avoid disturbing the PU.
When possible, sediments were collected with a large volume of overlying water to avoid disturbing the SWI.
For economical and security reasons, the petroleum and gas industry requires nonintrusive or nondestructive measurement techniques to avoid disturbing their properties and performance [5].
