Sentence examples for was concerned to avoid from inspiring English sources

Despite the pressure from American hawks to dispatch him post haste, Colin Powell, the secretary of state was concerned to avoid direct American complicity in a coup.

In presenting his theory of simple substances Leibniz was concerned to avoid a fundamental misunderstanding.

The comments of both Coenwulf and Leo are partisan, as each had his own reasons for representing the situation as they did: Coenwulf was entreating Leo to make London the sole southern archdiocese, while Leo was concerned to avoid the appearance of complicity with the unworthy motives Coenwulf imputed to Offa.

Both Coenwulf and Leo had their own reasons for representing the situation as they did: Coenwulf was entreating Leo to make London the sole southern archdiocese, while Leo was concerned to avoid the appearance of complicity with the unworthy motives Coenwulf imputed to Offa.

In particular, using such approaches was justified in terms of avoiding unnecessary wasting of time and resources of providers and (where affordability was concerned) to avoid embarrassing the patient by offering what was assumed to be an unaffordable treatment.

Russia, Syria's main ally, is concerned to avoid a repeat of the Libya operation in Syria.

"The president is concerned to avoid a situation where the deputies who would impeach him would have a majority," Ukraine's first president, Leonid Kravchuk, said in an interview.

Like other modern commentators also, Browne is concerned to avoid the Victorian belief that a biography is a study of a Great Man, and to emphasise the ways in which Darwin's work was limited by its time and place.

The GWPF contracted high-profile law firm Farrers & Co to reply to the university and Peiser told a university official in March 2010: "We are concerned to avoid the disclosure of private foundation affairs". All the FoI requests to date have been rejected and there is no suggestion Peiser failed to comply with FoI rules.

(Strictly speaking, Forbes is concerned to avoid identities that are not grounded in what he calls 'intrinsic' properties).

This outlook was not articulated as such by any rationalist except, perhaps, Spinoza indeed most were concerned to avoid such consequences of their views.