1.  His colleagues politely advise him of their Oval Office visits, avoiding any sense of disrespect, he said.

2.  In their effort to avoid a sense of crisis, White House officials were careful never to refer to the crew members as hostages.

3.  The appliances reflect an era of informality and avoid all sense of the weight of the precious and the collectible.

4.  The White House attempted to strike the proper tones that would avoid any sense of celebration for having survived, politically at least, the Lewinsky scandal.

5.  As the special prosecutor in charge of the probe, Ignacio Carrillo promised to avoid a sense of vengeance.

6.  He was recognised as setting his films in a context of moral awareness which nonetheless avoided any sense of preaching.