Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] [verb] that [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The way that the WO population projections are undertaken means that patterns of recent behaviour ( such as the very high levels of in-migration experienced in the mid/late 1980s ) are projected forward without question .
2 The fact that so many new titles are appearing suggests that publishers now reckon that video is getting established in language institutes .
3 The position will be otherwise when the Department of the Registers of Scotland moves to Meadowbank House later in the year and solicitors are advised to ensure that requests for extracts and other information are correctly addressed in order that we can provide the most efficient service .
4 I should like the Minister to state clearly what checks are made to ensure that police computer information is not available to debt collectors , bailiffs , and other such persons .
5 Typically it means that steps are taken to ensure that women do not take away a proportion of the kin group 's resources when they marry — which can mean variously , that women 's sexuality is tightly controlled , that women are given little choice about whom they marry , that there is a preference for choosing marriage partners from within the kin groups ( Tillion , 1983 ; Goddard , 1987 ) .
6 The programme is structured , and tutors are asked to ensure that students see patients with problems pertaining to the ‘ topic of the week . ’
7 The linguistic transformation known as object deletion is used to ensure that instances of police aggression are rendered more palatable .
8 Now the county 's trading standards department is planning to ensure that traders have no excuse for breaking the law .
9 Once new laws have been passed , workplace action is needed to ensure that employers comply with the new legislation .
10 Another analysis of the function of imposing fiduciary duties on directors is that these duties are designed to ensure that directors act only within the ambit of their special expertise .
11 First , can Quine be forced to acknowledge that questions arise which demand transcendental reflection — does his resistance to such issues flow naturally from his philosophy , or docs it require a stubborn closing of the mind ?
12 Art dealers were beginning to realize that paintings could become valuable investments for speculators .
13 Verderers and agisters were on occasion , however , appointed directly by the king or by the Justice of the Forest ; at other times the warden of the forest was ordered to see that vacancies were filled .
14 These Regulations are designed to ensure that employers introduce arrangements for effective management of health and safety in which employees and safety representatives will have to play their part . ’
15 Instead , great efforts are made to ensure that boys do keep up , through , for example , remedial classes which continue into secondary schooling .
16 Although nitrate pollution of the Broads is well known , recent studies are reported to show that streams in areas such as the Cotswolds are now equally polluted .
17 The committee recommends that building regulations be amended to ensure that offices and other similar buildings have adequate ventilation .
18 A good deal of evidence was produced to show that children tend to conform to their teachers ' expectations of them .
19 Unfortunately for the newspaper , that party did not have many wealthy benefactors , and evidence was admitted to show that others immediately made the connection .
20 Instead , they are likely to use the ‘ just-in-time ’ ( JIT ) system where complex market relations with component subcontractors are used to ensure that supplies arrive on the premises where they are needed at the appropriate time .
21 Now , thanks to the publicity of the past year or two , people are beginning to realize that fats are dieters ' enemy number one .
22 At this time certain information is usually recorded to ensure the patient is fit for surgery and also to avoid potential complications , e.g. a specimen of urine is tested to ensure that diabetes mellitus does not go undiagnosed ; allergies are checked to ensure that drugs , anaesthetic agents , lotions or dressings can be avoided if a patient has an allergy to them .
23 Bishops were ordered to ensure that prayers were said in every church for the success of the king 's expeditions to France , and news of the great victory of Crécy was proclaimed throughout the realm .
24 The room was twice the size of their back-street Holland Park offices but for a couple of hours all comers were invited to believe that Women 's Word was on the same financial footing as its big competitors .
25 There may need to be a large number of meetings and discussions between the consultant and the client even after the candidate is appointed to ensure that things are running smoothly .
26 However the European Commission and most E C governments refute this and contend that legislation is needed to ensure that workers are not kept in the dark about decisions taken elsewhere in the community that could affect their livelihoods .
27 Examination of the quality of management decisions is included to ensure that lessons are learnt for the future and to provide data needed for the revision of systems if this proves to be necessary .
28 US ambassador Madeleine Albright said the US was determined to see that women jurists sit on the tribunal , that women prosecutors ‘ bring war criminals to justice ’ and that the systematic rape of women and girls be prosecuted thoroughly .
29 Some 400 students from all over the world are trying to prove that words can hurt just as much as sticks and stones .
30 Both of these measures were intended to ensure that banks continued to regard the traditional discount market as an important outlet for surplus funds and source of liquidity in the event of shortage .
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