Avoiding : avoid-52












[9 : Somebody ----s somebody ]
[33 : Somebody ----s VERB-ing ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]



NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) VPing (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PPing[in] (Circumstances) AVP (Degree) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Undesirable_situation) V () CNI (Agent) PP[at] (Circumstances)
NP (Agent) V () PP[as] (Circumstances) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () Sfin (Circumstances) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () Sinterrog (Circumstances) VPing (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Undesirable_situation) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Degree) PP[around] (Place)
NP (Undesirable_situation) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Degree)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Degree) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Undesirable_situation) V () CNI (Agent) PP[for] (Explanation)
NP (Agent) V () PP[for] (Explanation) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Undesirable_situation) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Manner) PPing[by] (Means)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) PP[by] (Means) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Undesirable_situation) V () CNI (Agent) AVP (Manner) PP[in] (Place)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PP[like] (Manner) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () QUO (Manner) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Means) PP[in] (Place) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PPing[by] (Means) AVP (Time) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Undesirable_situation) V () CNI (Agent) PP[by] (Means)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Means) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PPing[by] (Means) VPing (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PP[at] (Place) PP[in] (Time) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PP[at] (Place) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Place) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () VPto (Purpose) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Time) PP[before] (Time) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Undesirable_situation) V () CNI (Agent) PP[after] (Time)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Time) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () NP (Time) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PP[at] (Time) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Undesirable_situation) V () PP[by] (Agent)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Degree) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () Sub (Explanation) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () AJP (Manner) DNI (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PP[by] (Means) PP[in] (Time) Sub (Time) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () PPing[by] (Means) PP[from] (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () AVP (Manner) PP[round] (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () Sinterrog (Circumstances) AVP (Degree) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () VPing (Explanation) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () VPto (Explanation) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () Sub (Circumstances) 2nd (Explanation) NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () NP.location (Location) NP (Agent) V () NP (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () INI (Undesirable_situation)
NP (Agent) V () NP.theme (Theme)
NP (Agent) V () S_ING (Theme) NP (Agent) V () Sing (Undesirable_situation)


Examples from WordNet


She refrains from calling her therapist too often
He should avoid publishing his wife's memories
He dodged the issue
he evaded the questions skillfully
They tend to evade their responsibilities
Her former friends now avoid her
she skirted the problem



Examples from VerbNet


He avoided his nagging.
We avoided the ball.
He avoided going to the area.
We avoided the area.



Examples from SemCor


They succeeded in eluding the curious at the hotel, but there was no chance of avoiding them at the nightclub.
Since fly cutters are one sided and not balanced, they should be used at the slowest speed available, and fed very slowly to avoid binding.
To avoid suspicion of bigotry, let the hand of vengeance be stayed until the meat-wagon has picked_up the twenty-five thousandth corpse; but let the twenty-five thousand and first butchery be the signal for the arrest of the 50 state_highway commissioners.
Finally, avoiding hummocks and seeking low ground, they intercepted the rain squall.
If they avoid the use of the pungent, outlawed four-letter word it is because it is taboo; it is sacred.
Besides, he can hardly avoid musing on the instability of death which, what with exhumations and rehabilitations, seems to match that of life.
He avoided showing any surprise or annoyance when no one answered him.
We should avoid these congestion points or, putting it another way, keep ars starting and ending on the East_side of the river- on the East_side.
She was exposing herself to temptation which it is best to avoid where it can consistently be done.
The most primitive feelings are rudimentary value feelings, both positive and negative: a desire to appropriate this or that part of the environment into oneself; a desire to avoid and repel this or that other part.
Open flame heating or cooking should be avoided.
The Constitution of the Southern`` Confederation'' differed from_that of the Federal_Union only in two important respects: It openly, defiantly, recognized slavery- an institution which the Southerners of 1787, even_though they continued it, found so impossible to reconcile with freedom that they carefully avoided mentioning the word in the Federal_Constitution.
He side-stepped her blow and she fell, stumbling against the gelding.
Everything must wait upon this mission, this sentimental duty of a pilgrim whose nature avoided graveyards.
, the showdown promised by Mr._Hammarskjold 's sudden and tragic death has been avoided; no precedents have been set as_yet; structurally, the U.N. is still fluid, vulnerable to the pressures that its new and enlarged membership are bringing_to_bear upon it.
In one now-historic first interview, for_example, the transcript( reproduced from the book, The First Five Minutes) goes like this: The therapist 's level tone is bland and neutral- he has, for_example, avoided stressing`` you'', which would imply disapproval; or surprise, which would set the patient apart from other people.
Though the reference_to race was stricken by the association in 1950, being an agent of such`` detrimental'' influences still appears as the cardinal sin realtors see themselves committed to avoid.
Do you rigidly distinguish between job- and job connected health_problems and avoid treating the latter?
In the states that have passed laws preventing discrimination in the sale or rental of housing, support by real_estate associations for compliance and broadened coverage through additional legislation could help remove the label of`` social reformism'' that most realtors individually seem determined to avoid.
If you can possibly avoid it, you do hand_out any extra chances.
We should_like to re-emphasise the importance of stating results solely international units of TSH activity and of avoiding the re-introduction of biological units.
In this manner they side-step the seemingly hopeless investigation of the greater depths of mystery in which us grope continually.
But they deliberately avoided the one subject that had them all curious:
We must avoid the notion, suggested to some people by examples such_as those just mentioned, that ideas are`` units'' in_some_way comparable_to coins or counters that can be passed intact from one group of people to another or even, for_that_matter, from one individual to another.
Also, it should be noted that the polytonal freedom of his melodies and harmonic modulations, the brilliant orchestrations, the adroitness for evading the heaviness of figured_bass, the skill in florid counterpoint were not lost in his mature output, even in the spectacular historical dramas of the stage and cinema, where a large, dramatic canvas of sound was required.
Sometimes it was to skirt a gulley.
It was in_order to avoid the stuffy routine of middle_class life that Holmes became a detective in_the_first_place.
Several photographs and charts of galaxies help the non-scientist keep_up with the discussion, and the smooth language indicates the contributors were determined to avoid the jargon that seems to work its way into almost every field.
This is an ethical demand which cannot be evaded or glossed_over by talking exclusively of weapon superiority or even of the evil of Communism.
Fly cutters can fool you into putting your hand too_close to the tool, so if you want to avoid nicked fingers, keep your hands well_out of the way.
The inmates were white and from out of town, avoiding local friction.
Having hedged its bets in_this_way, PHS apparently decided it would be possible to make some sort_of determination after_all:`` At_present radiation levels, and even at somewhat higher levels, the additional risk is slight and very_few people will be affected''.
It is for this reason that Roy avoids selecting subjects that require specific recognition of place for their enjoyment.
Whereas persons of eighth grade education or less were more apt to avoid or be shocked by nudity, those educated beyond the eighth grade increasingly welcomed and approved nudity in sexual_relations.
Would he take_pains to avoid it?
There was no place to sit, but Watson walked slowly from the ladder to the window slits and back, stooping slightly to avoid striking his head on the heavy beams.
But Oso replied calmly,`` Trouble ai n't easy to dodge out in_this country, rev_'_rend''.
Some plant-location specialists take these signs to mean St._Louis county does n't want industry, and so they avoid the area, and more jobs are lost.
Emerson evaded the problem by shoving it aside, or rather by leaving it behind him: he walked_out_of the Unitarian communion, so_that it could lick the wound of his departure, preserve its self-respect and eventually accord him pious veneration.
She realized I 'd have_to notify the police, but fervently hoped I could avoid mentioning her name.
Do avoid puncturing or cutting into meats to test them.
It would challenge sharply not the cult of the motor car itself but some of its ancillary beliefs and practices- for_instance, the doctrine that the fulfillment of life proceeding from hither to yon, not for any advantage to be gained by arrival but merely to avoid the cardinal sin of stasis, or, as_it_is generally termed, staying_put.
According to the myth, Old_Order then vanishes at stage_left and reappears at extreme stage_right, but director Shuz skillfully sidesteps the rather gooshey problem of stage_effects by simply having Miss_Arapacis walk across the stage.
All through July the Discovery picked her way along the 450- mile long strait, avoiding ice and rocky islands.
Called Perennian, to indicate its lasting, good today and tomorrow quality, the collection truly avoids the monotony of identical pieces.
And he ignored him, skirting the parked cars and walking up the path to the Skopas house.
Sipping their coffee, discussing the weather, the day 's shopping, Fritzie 's commitments at the network( all of which he would cancel), they avoided the radio, the TV news_show, even the front page of the Santa_Luisa_Register, resting on the kitchen bar.