1.   They did everything they could to avoid the slightest breath of scandal.

2.   I did everything I could to avoid them.

3.   Our view is that the Department is trying to do everything it can to avoid a proper consultation on this issue.

4.   Alongside them were middle-aged New Yorkers who had done everything they could to avoid the draft.

5.   And for now, hotel operators say they are doing all they can to avoid layoffs.

6.   A spokesman for Airborne Express, who was unfamiliar with the details of the case, said that his company did all it could to avoid transporting drugs.

7.   But Ledbetter did everything he could to avoid using the word dynasty.

8.   But that would bad for our country and we have to do everything we can to avoid it.

9.   But wherever possible, officials appear to be doing what they can to avoid worsening the violence.

10.   Companies will do all they can to avoid issuing bonds at the high cost that goes with their new rating.