Example sentences of "[adv] to ensure [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 70 pharmaceutical grade trace elements and the basic compound are melted together to ensure a complete mix before being solidified and ground down into the basic salt . |
| 2 | When food aid arrived in some of the outlying villages , the elders ' authority was strong enough to ensure a fair distribution . |
| 3 | After five years ' work , Olivier was certain of only two things : that the population , even at the highest estimate , was by no means enough to ensure the eventual survival of the species ; and that the figures henceforward would be on the way down rather than up . |
| 4 | Good colour snaps are fine as long as you get the building in focus , take it in sunlight rather than shadow and stand back far enough to ensure the whole building is in the picture . |
| 5 | This season is an important one for the women 's game , and accordingly the league programme starts a fortnight early to ensure an early finish and accommodate senior coach Terry Gregg 's plans . |
| 6 | In all other cases , early notification to the client of any changes is necessary both to ensure a good continuing relationship and also to enable the client to adjust his scheduling of matters which have a bearing upon the task being performed by the surveyor . |
| 7 | Cooperation is rarely found to succeed amongst those who are unequal in material terms since it becomes difficult both to ensure an equal distribution of costs and benefits . |
| 8 | Its objectives were to be quite ambitious : to vet proposed national legislation and to submit proposals for new legislation in such a way that conformity of objective and practice would be achieved , and also to ensure a coordinated joint Nordic view at international conferences . |
| 9 | The need is not only to retain what is worthwhile of the old , but also to ensure the new is sympathetic . |
| 10 | On behalf of the University of Greenwich , Dr Norbit Singer , director , thanked the chairman for his generous gift and praised area manager David Philip and all the CCG staff who work tirelessly to ensure the academic staff and students receive the very best ‘ food for thought ’ . |
| 11 | It had started out as a ship 's boiler but Selwyn had acquired it some years before to ensure a plentiful supply of soft water for his garden . |
| 12 | The bellows were operated by a handle that had to be turned slowly and regularly to ensure a good even fire . |
| 13 | The meeting resolved to form a " co-ordination committee " which would meet regularly to ensure a united Arab stance in the forthcoming negotiations , and called for an immediate halt on Jewish settlement-building . |
| 14 | The main purpose of the consultation exercise was surely to ensure the proposed changes were going to have the backing of the people affected by them , and until this episode of high-handed secrecy , it appeared to have worked . |
| 15 | In the meantime , this order is required simply to ensure a smooth transition between the old and new statutory arrangements and to ensure that there are no gaps in the statutory provision for the pay and conditions of schoolteachers . |
| 16 | Preston and London East are already there ( CONGRATULATIONS ! ) and I know you have all been working hard to ensure the National Assessment goes well at the end of November . |
| 17 | Fig. 3 ( b ) Having rammed the soil down firmly to ensure a firm base , a layer of heavy-gauge builder 's polythene is used to line the excavation as a safety precaution against leaking and also to help retain moisture within the setting concrete so that it dries as slowly as possible . |
| 18 | What is more , you must be able to plan your cropping to meet the needs of your animals , your home , and the market , ordering your rotations well ahead to ensure the correct balance . |