Sentence examples for year to avoid a from inspiring English sources

Sanger fled to Europe for a year to avoid a jail sentence on obscenity charges; she left her own two small children behind.

The oil-producing group typically reduces its output in the second quarter of the year to avoid a steep decline in prices.

Cameron's team is understood to be drawing up plans to bring the referendum forward to next year to avoid a clash with French and German elections in 2017.

At the time, Obama loyalists insisted that this was just a political calculation made by Obama in an election year to avoid a politically touchy issue.

Based on the past mix of funding India has favoured, it probably needs about $40 billion of FDI a year to avoid a balance-of-payments scare.Given last year's buoyant figures, surely India can relax?

But now, in a twist, it appears that Mr. Kean will have to contend first with a political distraction that he worked for more than a year to avoid: a challenger in the Republican primary.

Underpayment penalty: Traders with 2017 year-to-date trading gains should consider making quarterly estimated tax payments during the year to avoid an underpayment penalty.

She quit her show after 13 years to avoid a conflict of interest when her husband became finance minister in 1997.

The Defense Department and Pentagon contractors who face legal liability stemming from rocket fuel contamination have lobbied for six years to avoid a federal drinking-water standard for perchlorate.

Some have also pointed out that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a controversial billionaire who was overthrown in a 2006 military coup, has himself remained abroad for several years to avoid a corruption charge that he says is politically motivated.

The changes were approved by the Official World Golf Ranking Govern in Board at the 1999 British Open but delayed for two years to avoid a retroactive reduction in the value of points earned.