He felt oddly amused at that old, hoary trick that pilots and aviators used everywhere for avoiding complying with directions from the ground they didn't like.

It is a subterfuge to avoid complying with the need for a contemporaneous consensus.

In Lampkin, the District initially rejected further federal money to avoid complying with the act.

Civil liberty advocates expressed concern that the attorney general appeared to be seeking ways to avoid complying with the court ruling.

Peter Costanza, an imates' lawyer, said the violence might enable the correction department to avoid complying with Judge Liacos's decision.

In a separate matter, some members of Congress expect Mr. Bush to invoke executive privilege for the first time to avoid complying with possible subpoenas to turn over memorandums sought by a House committee.

Justice Ciparick wrote that city officials "cannot resort to illegal acts" to avoid complying with the Charter.

Firstly to avoid being taken over by the neighbouring diocese of Kildare, as it would be easier to avoid complying with the demands of faraway Armagh.

Because we had a previous trade agreement and because Haversol was stalling on renegotiating to avoid complying with the terms.

"I think it's clear they're trying to avoid complying with the court decision."