Example sentences of "[v-ing] sure [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The job analysts are in the position of actually making sure that a job description is filled in correctly before it goes to the jury on which Phil sits . |
| 2 | Entry forms to all illustration competitions are automatically sent to members , making sure that no opportunities are missed . |
| 3 | As a good leader should , his father was making sure that no one was left in its path ; that no man , taking a last wistful thought to a neglected fishing-boat or a skiff or a hoard of nets he had forgotten , should dash back and drown for his folly . |
| 4 | my Lord then all , what , then , was not restricting competition because the people you have excluded are not people who would be in the market in any event , you are already saying we 've got the level of the , the , the hurdle , the wall or the barrier to such a low level that anybody who 's outside it , it is simply not a competitor , we 've got everybody in the market who could conceivably deserve to be there , but there 's no restriction , no you maybe excluding criminals or fraudsters for a , until they 've been re rehabilitated , er and you 're excluding people who simply do not deserve to be there as competitors at all , but no capability of right to compete and that 's why there is no restriction , everybody is in the charm circle who wants to be there and is capable of competing and that 's what the commission are trying to get the rules down to , making sure that no one is outside of the wall who should be inside of the wall and that 's why of course at the end of the day they can give their clearances , there 's no restriction . |
| 5 | And there 's Mr who 's locking the door and he 's making sure that no one tries to get in . |
| 6 | I prefer to kill rabbits the easy way whenever possible , so I position a purse net over the top of every bolt-hole and every entrance , subsequently making sure that every purse net that bags a rabbit is quickly removed and replaced with a fresh net . |
| 7 | He never went to bed without making sure that every single appliance had been switched off . |
| 8 | Most watches become false alarms ; nevertheless , they were buttoning up the collection and making sure that every completed aircraft was hangared . |
| 9 | It may be alarmed the first time a bit is put in its mouth , or saddle is put on its back , or it 's girthed up , or mounted , but this anxiety can be ‘ undone ’ or prevented altogether by making sure that the horse is not hurt and by rewarding the horse at the same time . |
| 10 | You inform by making sure that the programme is not just froth and bubble , that it has genuine body . |
| 11 | Most conductors just sit down at that point and , beyond making sure that the orchestra kept up with the stage , leave the music to its own devices . |
| 12 | ’ She superimposed the shift on the dress , making sure that the shoulder seams coincided . |
| 13 | On the other hand , the police are left largely to themselves when it comes to making sure that the Act is actually followed . |
| 14 | Librarians and information scientists should concentrate on mapping the information resources of the firm , and making sure that the processes for retrieving individual elements of resource conform with their professional knowledge of information retrieval techniques . |
| 15 | Finance sub-committees should be concerned with making sure that the school 's financial systems work well , and with monitoring the budget and the school 's financial management . |
| 16 | As interviews and other meetings are held , adding the issues to the picture as they arise , making sure that the source of these can identified , or the reasoning behind the selection of an issue can be substantiated . |
| 17 | When the two of you are standing and balanced together , pivot slowly around towards the toilet or bed , making sure that the person 's knees are prevented from bending . |
| 18 | The researchers then set themselves the unenviable task of positioning 48 aphids about 1 cm away from the leaves of both the wild and cultivated plants , making sure that the insects were pointing towards the leaves . |
| 19 | The ten l.e.d.s are fitted to the board as Fig. 5 illustrates , making sure that the cathodes ( k ) , usually indicated by a flat on the l.e.d. casing , go to the common wire which connects to one side of resistor R6 . |
| 20 | It 's not just making sure that the notes harmonise , it 's making sure that they 're attacked in a similar manner . |
| 21 | Making sure that the flying lines are equal is a good start to perfecting the symmetry of all your manoeuvres . |
| 22 | Making sure that the available yarn is of the same quality , that is double knitting or chunky and so on , gather the total amount together . |
| 23 | She served the sausage and egg she had prepared , making sure that the young lady ate well : sometimes it took away their appetite , at the beginning . |
| 24 | After conferring , the two signalmen decided to try and apprehend the person concerned , and after making sure that the control had been told of the situation and the boxes were safe to leave they walked towards each other , approaching the trespasser from opposite directions , so keeping him in view all the time and affording him little chance of escape . |
| 25 | Now we need to develop the good practice of making sure that the client is there , to give rights and responsibilities back to vulnerable elderly clients within their family situation . |
| 26 | Making sure that the parents praise the child for dry beds and not punish the child for wet beds is also important , as the anxiety generated by punishment and anger from the parents may exacerbate the problem . |
| 27 | Put the needle protection strip back on to the bed , making sure that the ‘ 0 ’ on the strip comes exactly opposite the centre ‘ rivet ’ on the machine . |
| 28 | This is particularly useful for making sure that the positioning of single motifs , large electronic or intarsia designs and so on is not affected by the armhole or neck shapings . |
| 29 | He continued to page through the file absent-mindedly , fiddling as he did so with the snuffbox , making sure that the gold inlay buttons on Mickey 's rompers caught the light . |
| 30 | These people are specifically given a job of making sure that the rules are obeyed and they have never accused us of doing anything wrong . |