The Board Chairman, John E. Hand, a Republican, said he was inclined to avoid establishing a special fund for the new sales tax.

Companies have been spending considerable sums warding off such suits, he says, but many offer settlements when a verdict seems near to avoid establishing a legal precedent.

British diplomats say they agree that caution is necessary to avoid establishing an automatic link between the two issues.

The settlers avoided establishing any businesses apart from farms.

But in seeking to negotiate a compromise, the department was apparently trying to avoid establishing a broad precedent on a politically volatile issue.

And his judgment was sound to avoid establishing any quid pro quo for Mr. Polhill's release, if press reports to that effect are accurate.

Through avoiding establishing shots, Herzog heightens the apocalyptic effect of depicting the devastated landscape.

This was a specific policy of the Norman kings, to avoid establishing any one area under the control of a single lord.

'He's taken steps to avoid establishing a dialogue,' she countered.

Honda officials suggested that the company kept the Odyssey name to save time and money on a search and to avoid establishing another name in the marketplace.