1.   American General also said that it was avoiding the flood of individual bankruptcies and delayed payments hurting profits for many consumer lenders in recent months.

2.   But they would need to avoid the flood of outsiders reminiscent of earlier opportunities.

3.   But it is uncertain whether the North will be able to avoid floods this year.

4.   It is uncertain whether the North will be able to avoid floods this year.

5.   Rome has maintained that the best way to avoid a flood of refugees is to try to improve conditions in the home country.

6.   Some harassed local party officials in secure districts have announced an early nomination, hoping to avoid floods of applications.

7.   It wants a staggered return to avoid a flood of job-seekers.

8.   Announcing the engagement at a press conference, he said he would not reveal the date in order to avoid a flood of admirers, journalists and photographers.

9.   It wants a staggered return, so as not to avoid a flood of job-seekers.

10.   The gradualist plan is favored by the South in part because it seeks to avoid a flood of economic refugees from the North to the more prosperous South.