Only by prevailing in court does the company have any hope of avoiding such an outcome.

The strategy of settling early to avoid a costly outcome at trial is a good one unless there is no trial.

And it's only with reform that we can avoid a similar outcome in the future.

But both sides have expressed a wish to avoid such an outcome.

The Western countries have been working behind the scenes to allocate their seats and avoid an unexpected outcome like the one last year.

Mitt, naturally enough, was intent on avoiding such an outcome.

To avoid such a distressing outcome, parents have long been told there's only one thing to do: treat their children exactly equally.

He calls financial regulation a "sideshow" compared with the need to avoid a catastrophic outcome to the eurozone crisis and a European slump.

This requirement is an attempt to avoid an outcome like the one at US Airways.

Sometimes, as any good manager knows, avoiding a certain outcome is an achievement.