Sentence examples for won to avoid from inspiring English sources

"Perot put the deficit on the agenda in a way that made it virtually impossible for whoever won to avoid doing something about it," he said.

The last time these two sides met County won to avoid relegation and sent Hibs further towards their eventual demotion.

Lancaster conceded England must win to avoid the earliest exit of any World Cup hosts in history, before shouldering extra pressure on his own future.

Texas, meanwhile, needed but one more regular-season win to avoid last night's do-or-die (die in their case) play-in game.

They had to win to avoid going out of the League but they needed Northampton or Bristol Rovers to lose as well.

But Andrew Reich, the prosecutor, told jurors the government would prove that Mr. Hatch willfully failed to report his winning to avoid more than $200,000 in taxes.

Wenger could have done without such blows before Tuesday's match with Dinamo Zagreb, which Arsenal must win to avoid an unusually early exist from the Champions League.

Barnes and Jack did most of the work for a Warriors team that trailed by 8 points at halftime but refused to quit in a game it had to win to avoid falling behind, 3-1, in the series.

But what comes next if you're the team in line to meet a side which has just demolished one of the most consistent units in European rugby while needing to win to avoid relegation?

Warrington need to win to avoid missing out on the play-offs, with defeats by Wigan and Wakefield in their two league games before Wembley having left them outside the top eight.

The British No2, smarting from having his funding cut by the LTA, has decided not to play in next month's Davis Cup relegation tie against Turkey – a match Britain need to win to avoid falling to the bottom rung of the competition.