Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] that [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place they may want to do no more than ensure that the Constitution is not altered casually or carelessly or by subterfuge or implication ; they may want to secure that this important document is not lightly tampered with , but solemnly , with due notice and deliberation , consciously amended . |
| 2 | I think the public wants to know that all those people , and their families , who suffered in the war will be looked after for the rest of their lives . ’ |
| 3 | We want to ensure that all local taxpayers reap these benefits . |
| 4 | He has to recognise that this young woman , his object of adoration , was born to a mother who had been driven to murder . |
| 5 | This is a figure included to ensure that all three methods yield identical results which , of course , they should do in principle , but which they invariably fail to do in practice because of errors and omissions which arise through imperfect data collection . |
| 6 | The fall of Thomas Cromwell the following year helped to ensure that this conservative statement of faith remained in force until Henry 's death . |
| 7 | At their recent meeting the Parish Council were disturbed to find that both these bills have increased substantially . |
| 8 | Only if the Westminster Government and its back-benchers are made to believe that this continuing insult to a noble and valuable aspect of Scotland 's heritage will cost them crucial votes will they even begin to take serious notice . |
| 9 | This is done to ensure that each local authority will reach a minimum standard of efficiency and carry out the service in accordance with the wishes of the Central Government . |
| 10 | ‘ Realistic ’ seems to mean negotiation acceptable to the FMLN and to the Salvadorean army , which would have to participate to ensure that any subsequent deal should stick . ’ |
| 11 | It seemed to say that all this inconvenience had ended well and she , Mrs Browning , had after all gained more than she had lost . |
| 12 | And Mozart … well , suffice to say that this excellent programme makes great musical sense — and delight ! |
| 13 | I emphasise this point because popular topographical books still tend to suggest that any particular place is sited where it is for defence reasons , or because it is near a source of water . |
| 14 | I do not want to suggest that all this work fell into such simple methodological traps as that I have described above , though I suspect that much of it did . |
| 15 | They are not intended to suggest that any given product does no harm whatsoever to the environment . |
| 16 | The practice of editors varies substantially , and these points are intended to suggest that some simple changes could improve the ways in which they communicate about the process and their decisions . |
| 17 | Figure 6.1 Experiments are needed to confirm that any particular structure of behaviour pattern functions as a signal . |
| 18 | In the past , we have tended to assume that these first descriptions of blocks of land and their bounds were very close in date to the original definition of such estates or territories . |
| 19 | More recent evidence , whilst not addressing this issue directly , tends to suggest that this desired relationship is still important . |
| 20 | What is needed to ensure that some popular control can be exerted over political leadership , some governmental accountability can be enforced ? |
| 21 | The slow evolution of select committee work has helped to ensure that both these obstacles have been surmounted . |
| 22 | But as time goes on , you begin to realise that all these things do tie in . ’ |
| 23 | The word " design " , when used in common English , tends to imply that some creative activity is taking place . |
| 24 | Now if we are going to say that this rolling programme , we we do n't mean this rolling programme because it it 's all going back to committees again to be to be looked at then we are putting our at a disadvantage they will disband and the cost to us for refurbishment will increase . |
| 25 | ‘ It is more important than ever that we manage to make that little extra effort and get into the top flight . |
| 26 | It was , again , an unsatisfactory solution , and Freud began to see that these earlier conceptualizations could only be used for a limited number of problems which arose in psychoanalysis , and that a new , more fundamental conceptualization was required . |
| 27 | Here he began to spot that some discarded lumps of coal , or sandstone disguised as coal , held the impressions of ancient plants . |
| 28 | Usually career coercion will suffice to ensure that any troublesome thesis stays unpublished and out of the public eye . |
| 29 | Parents bored with the endless repetition of nursery rhymes should pause to consider that this monotonous activity may be giving their children a head start in their education . |
| 30 | Having been brainwashed to think that all other troupes were inferior , they never ceased to be surprised when they managed to watch them dance . |