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

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1 The linguistic transformation known as object deletion is used to ensure that instances of police aggression are rendered more palatable .
2 Now the county 's trading standards department is planning to ensure that traders have no excuse for breaking the law .
3 Once new laws have been passed , workplace action is needed to ensure that employers comply with the new legislation .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Their dance is very different from the work of petipa , whose suggestion of demi-caractère is seen when the Songbird and Bluebird dance in The Sleeping Beauty , where the fluttering of the hands is meant to indicate that birds fly and sing .
8 Special care is taken to ensure that teachers understand and can interpret correctly for their students , the plants and wildlife they are likely to encounter along the way .
9 And if the allocation of statements of attainment to levels , and levels to ages , is arbitrary in part , then the allocation of pupils to levels must also be arbitrary in part , even if scrupulous care is taken to ensure that assessments are based on the best available evidence .
10 ( d ) That care is taken to ensure that overpayments do not occur , particularly when using method ( c ) above .
11 In recent weeks the whole issue of prison conditions has been pushed to the forefront of public debate , following reports that Home Secretary Michael Howard is said to believe that conditions in many prisons are ‘ too lax ’ .
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