1 Don't make too much noise or you'll scare away the birds.

2 That ought to be enough to scare away even the most devoted private-sector champions of better training.

3 There are those who try to scare away geese with swans, decoys and pyrotechnics.

4 Tracks can hardly afford to scare away the best horses now that rich races are plentiful and horse transportation is routine.

5 The railway company feared it would scare away passengers.

6 He worries that corruption would scare away altruism.

7 They will scare away small birds.

8 Your random firing will scare away the prey.

9 People keep a dog to scare away thieves.

10 Well, smoking people will scare away fierce dogs because they are usually humpbacked and dogs will think they are taking stones.

11 Being bracketed together does not just scare away risk - averse lenders.

12 In olden times, jiao zi were thought to scare away evil spirits, misfortune and disease.

13 Peter was able to scare away the bear with a sudden movement.

14 Some analysts believe that attack in order to scare away foreign investors and tourists.

15 He can scare away the guards by ringing the alarm in the maze.

16 I think he was employed by the park authorities to scare away all but the most committed.

17 The demonic figures wearing ugly masks and straw and brushwood clothes are intended to scare away evil spirits.

18 The custom of putting up red paper and lighting firecrackers to scare away Nian continues today.

19 The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire - crackers is to scare away Nian.

20 The celebration dates back to Celtic rituals where people tried to scare away spirits.

21 The celebration dates back to [ Celtic rituals ] where people try to scare away spirits.

22 The hanging lamps swinging a chain of sound to scare away the former Gurkha this student, causing him a series of thinking.

23 Dust - begrimed streets damage a city's image and scare away tourists.

24 Delhi authorities have deployed a contingent of large black-faced langur monkeys at the Commonwealth Games venues to scare away smaller simians.

1 Don't make too much noise or you'll scare away the birds.