Sentence examples for were anxious to avoid from inspiring English sources

The Liberals were also economic nationalists who were anxious to avoid economic subordination to foreigners.

But if Chinese leaders were anxious to avoid protests, they did not avoid using the torch relay as a stage to again lash out at the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.

Authorities were anxious to avoid a repeat of the deadly bombing in August of crowds outside Quetta's civil hospital who had gathered following an attack elsewhere in the city.

The Chinese, officials assumed, were anxious to avoid adverse publicity before the International Olympic Committee decides on July 13 on the site of the 2008 Olympics, for which Beijing is viewed as a top contender.

United are not a team known for shirking a challenge but they were anxious to avoid finishing second and facing the prospect of a journey to Munich, Madrid or Barcelona in the spring.

Church higher-ups were anxious to avoid discussing a demand launched by a presbytery in the Highlands, where biblical injunctions against sodomy tend to be taken literally, that all non-heterosexuals be banned from the ministry.

Some farmers are anxious to avoid cuts in crop subsidies.

Both America and China are anxious to avoid clashes.

The food and drink industry is anxious to avoid regulation.

Developing countries, including China and India, are anxious to avoid measures that would curtail their economies.

That is a danger the methodical Mr Romney will be anxious to avoid.