Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] to ensure [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Through the successive phases of his career — at Gainsborough , Gaumont-British and then at his own Ealing Studios — he was to show that his talent lay in finding the most talented people available , giving them the best context to work in , inspiring and stimulating their efforts and intervening where necessary to ensure that the best possible film came out of the production process .
2 Nonetheless , the forces acting upon the model when it is unceremoniously ‘ dumped ’ onto the ground to avoid an impending crash are more than adequate to ensure that the seemingly impossible can happen with depressing regularity .
3 The office will tap into the agencies responsible for important programmes , such as Interreg , STRIDE , PRISMA and Telematique to ensure that Northern Ireland 's needs are considered fully by the Commission .
4 One does not want to occasion unnecessary delay in exercising those controls , but they must be sufficiently firm and rigorous to ensure that criminals who try to get into the country are detected and that illegal immigrants are similarly detected and prevented from entering the country .
5 I have worked long and hard to ensure that my children want for nothing . "
6 If we wish to transform VARy:P to x — IF/ALT , the first step is to use ( 6.4 ) if necessary to ensure that y is not a component of x .
7 The increase in the average number of TDs per constituency was small : from 3.52 to 4.05 , but sufficient to ensure that no more bonuses as generous as those awarded to Fianna Fail in 1969 and 1977 would any longer be available .
8 Think about the shape of the flowers that you are pressing and try to place the blotting paper on top of them as carefully as possible to ensure that they will lie flat under the weights , because once they are permanently pressed you can not start again .
9 If the evolution of the E C continues , and it will , working people must be as organized as possible to ensure that trade unions are not forgotten in the race for a single market .
10 While the buyer is also anxious to ensure certainty , his desire is to surround the contract and impose upon the seller as many express warranties as possible to ensure that the goods supplied under the contract are satisfactory to him in every way .
11 2.1.2 " Building documents " means the plans drawings specifications and other documents relating to the Works which are listed in the third Schedule The tenant should have sight of these as soon as possible to ensure that they are in accordance with its understanding of what has been agreed .
12 Guidance should be given as appropriate to ensure that a student carries out the investigation involving mathematical techniques or skills acquired within the module .
13 Instructions must be clarified and the instructor should probe when appropriate to ensure that his requirements are properly understood .
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