Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [to-vb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vice-chancellors committee wants to consult polytechnic directors and the Government about ‘ how a full cost system might work ’ , recognising that it will need help to ensure that any changes , if made , increase opportunities and avoid hardship . |
| 2 | But it also strained credulity to believe that any sort of war where any sort of nuclear weapons were available would not eventually lead to full-scale atomic destruction . |
| 3 | To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will introduce legislation to ensure that all employees have a right to an itemised pay statement . |
| 4 | Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities . |
| 5 | It set up mechanisms for coordinating , controlling and servicing the new programme , and expanded its advisory and support staff to ensure that such mechanisms would be effective . |
| 6 | The judge found that the police had been engaged in a trick or deceit , had not acted as agents provocateurs or incited crime , had provided no market which would not have been available elsewhere , and had had grounds to suspect that each appellant had committed an offence by the time when the first sale by him was transacted , but that he had not been cautioned . |
| 7 | Larkin ( 1978b ) cites evidence to show that poor people in rural areas are frequently less well housed than their urban counterparts . |
| 8 | User expectations are often unreasonably high ; use of administrative computing systems encourages bureaucrats to believe that environmental data can just as readily be analysed and used to support decisions . |
| 9 | However , our oppponents fail to recognise that we have a great amount to learn from those in business who have developed techniques to ensure that large organisations improve their efficiency and deliver their objective more effectively than was the case . |
| 10 | Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will take steps to ensure that European documents are considered by the House of Commons before a common position has been arrived at by the Council of Ministers ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 11 | We advise readers to check that all parts are still available before commencing any project in a back-dated issue . |
| 12 | We advise readers to check that all parts are still available before commencing any project in a back-dated issue . |
| 13 | The argument we are now to consider tries to show that this assumption ( characteristic of a weak scepticism ) is false . |
| 14 | Can the Minister confirm that they included representations to ensure that any rundown in the Territorial Army in Scotland will not mean there being insufficient units in Scotland , to the point at which the TA will lose the goodwill of the scattered communities , particularly in the highlands and islands , in terms of recruitment ? |
| 15 | We will encourage councils to ensure that new developments are in character with the past ; to maintain buildings of importance to the character of towns and cities ; to limit unnecessary street furniture and signs ; and to plant trees and preserve historic patterns and open spaces . |
| 16 | Does it make sense to suggest that acellular creatures evolved out of a ‘ reality ’ which is relative only to a human-style perceptive system of mind and sense organ ? |
| 17 | This has led scientists to speculate that all galaxies might go through a quasar phase , then a less active phase , and finally settle into the stability typical of our own and many local galaxies . |
| 18 | The Reporter is given a crucial role in directing and controlling proceedings to ensure that all questions are fully discussed , but repetition discouraged . |
| 19 | This in turn has led commentators to assume that such imbalances and other genetic errors such as endocrine deficiency , led also to their demise ( see Chapter 10 ) . |
| 20 | Mr. Barron described it as ‘ an inevitable financial black hole ’ , but reiterated his party 's plans to raise investment to ensure that all services were free . |
| 21 | These changes have , of course , encouraged non-Marxists to argue that Marxist theory is now invalid because power is no longer concentrated in the hands of a few economic owners and their friends . |
| 22 | We have not taken this decision lightly and are making efforts to ensure that all staff are aware of the issues so that it is not seen to be just the ‘ childish ’ agitation of a minority group . |
| 23 | He wants urgent consultations between the Government and the oil industry to seek ways to ensure that any changes in the tax regime do not hamper exploration and appraisal in the North Sea . |
| 24 | SSDs have two key roles to play in facilitating independent living : working with housing departments to ensure that appropriate accommodation is available ; and ensuring that support services are available to disabled people in their own homes . |
| 25 | Mr. Wilson : As the Minister reiterates his enthusiasm for bids that give workers a substantial say , does he consider that there is any conflict between that and what he has told us about the SDA investing £500,000 to ensure that such bids do not succeed ? |
| 26 | In addition he seeks covenants to ensure that surrounding parkland remains as pasture so that the wider country house landscape is assured protection . |
| 27 | In November 1991 the Social Services Department of the local authority had reason to believe that this condition was being repeatedly and grossly breached . |
| 28 | " There 's something which I did n't mention , but I want to make it absolutely clear , and that is that I 've reason to believe that this craft , the Dreadnought , leaks quite badly . " |
| 29 | But DES Circular 11/87 exhorts schools to acknowledge that some parents have strong religious or cultural objections to the imparting of sex education by schools and to comply with a request to withdraw a child in such circumstances . |
| 30 | The report suggests legislation to ensure that organic produce is subject to EC standards and inspection , allowing producers to export their goods under an EC logo . |