"We have been careful to define and limit the water service area to the Georgetown district to avoid rampant development."

The highway turns southeast to avoid development before again turning northeast and east.

Fare was once an off-season stop on the whaling routes in the 1830's and it somehow avoided development through the years.

And finally to avoid unification and development of Africa so that western exploitation can continue unimpeded.

Often sustainable architects attempt to retrofit old structures to serve new needs in order to avoid unnecessary development.

But many pubs in central Dublin that have avoided development are doing a good business.

Even as the pipeline was being constructed, the company altered the route several times to avoid development.

It will, of course, be necessary to have rules and regulations in order to keep the situation under control and to avoid anarchic development.

For us Swedish Moderates, the most important environmental issue is to avoid development that can cause climate change on our planet.

Prior to 2004, the island had avoided development.