Sentence examples for to avoid inflicting from inspiring English sources

The coalition was not bombing inside the cities to avoid inflicting civilian casualties, he said.

Those guidelines are in place partly to avoid inflicting unnecessary side-effects on patients and partly to reduce the risk of drug-resistant strains of the virus developing.

"In the very few abortions where fetal pain could possibly occur," he said, "consider what can be done to avoid inflicting a lot of pain on the fetus".

Even when they do, they have to speak other languages extremely well to avoid inflicting halting French, say, on rooms of fluent English-speakers.

A spokesman for President Bush called on Israel to avoid inflicting civilian casualties, although he did not call for a halt to the attacks on Hamas.

The purposes of bail pending trial in criminal cases are to avoid inflicting punishment upon an innocent person (who may be acquitted at trial) and to encourage the unhampered preparation of his defense.

3. Round-Robins: Enclose a short personal letter in cards to friends or relatives who are rarely seen, but avoid inflicting a boastful litany of the family's achievements on your entire Christmas card list.

Neither Hannity nor Paul saw any merit in trying to find alternative means of dealing with our deficit woes (such as increasing revenue by revoking the tax cuts on the rich, for instance) that might avoid inflicting the sort of pain on the masses that could possibly cause them to revolt.

If we can do that, and avoid inflicting more pain, why wouldn't we do that?" But Republicans say the governor did not even begin to address some of the factors that drive New Jersey's spending -- its school funding formula and state payroll.

Again, Nao decided to set off the bombs during the early hours of May 2, so that he and his fellow operative could escape safely and avoid inflicting casualties on the local population.

On Monday, the European Central Bank avoided inflicting immediate catastrophe on Greece.