1.   This is not just avoiding violence - it is simply avoiding the issue.

2.   The worst answer is to send a clearly inadequate force and then try to keep it safe by ordering it to avoid violence.

3.   An assault on the office building angered the men in the yard and violence was narrowly avoided.

4.   Although the Hugheses certainly create a sense of tension, for much of the movie they avoid overt violence.

5.   Always avoid violence.

6.   Among the industry leaders, only those from the movie and music businesses declined to offer specific new efforts to avoid encouraging violence by or against youth.

7.   A few women kicked and hit the soldiers, although most of the settlers heeded calls by their leaders to avoid violence.

8.   But even if the two sides choose to avoid violence, that does not mean they can avoid deadlock.

9.   But free to roam the streets outside the police barricades, the vast majority of demonstrators, too, were determined to avoid violence.