Sentence examples for were to avoid any from inspiring English sources

One senior Obama administration official, pressed on the rules of engagement for one of the riskiest clandestine operations attempted by the C.I.A. and the military's Joint Special Operations Command in many years, said: "Their instructions were to avoid any confrontation if at all possible.

I hope your friends and family were as lucky as mine were to avoid any harm, and my prayers are with those who were not as lucky.

Other reasons were to avoid any accidental osteochondral lesions from the arthroscope and unwanted intervention from the surgeons.

This particular reimbursement was to avoid "any doubt".

Our ambition is to avoid any strike action.

Until Mr. Milosevic leaves, Mr. Djukanovic said, the most important thing is to avoid any conflict.

"The strategy has always been to avoid any confrontation with Cameron".

One headache was to avoid any resemblance to Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, and robbers hiding in jars".

McGeechan feels that having a code of conduct is essential if a touring team are to avoid any future problems.

One reason, he said, was to avoid any implication that intelligence officers and their bosses had broken the law.

The main instinct in Bratislava, the Slovak capital, now is to avoid any responsibility for the new fund.