Example sentences of "and to ensure [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the first things Reagan did upon becoming president was to name Iran as an enemy of America and to ensure that no trade of any kind went on between the two countries , either directly or indirectly , imposing draconian penalties for anyone caught doing so . |
| 2 | For centuries , the Clan Campbell had been the enemies of Clan Macdonald and to ensure that no mercy was shown to the Macdonalds of Glencoe , the Campbells of Glen Lyon were instructed by Dalrymple to enforce the orders . |
| 3 | It is important to check that no seat is subjected to the full force of an air-conditioning outlet , and to ensure that no guests are distracted by waiter activity at an adjacent service station or kitchen door . |
| 4 | So there is £1.43 per day to feed an adult , and to ensure that a sound nutritionally-based diet is available with its appropriate calories and vitamins , and £0.92 for associated heating , lighting and other administration charges . |
| 5 | He offered Helen Martini , as Chairman of the Parents ' Action Committee , whatever help he could in the campaign to get the children home , and to ensure that a full judicial inquiry was held . |
| 6 | Strong representations were successfully made to the ITAC Committee both to preempt this and to ensure that a monopoly situation did not arise . |
| 7 | Once the death is registered , a white certificate is issued free of charge , which contains a social security form to claim any arrears of benefits due to the estate of the deceased person and to ensure that the correct benefits are paid to the widow ( if applicable ) ; and a green certificate for burial or cremation ( see Section 2 ) . |
| 8 | In addition , because of the commitment to long-term action , the Task Force tried to produce and develop plans for follow-up action throughout the region , and to ensure that the results would be used locally . |
| 9 | The French approach to takeovers has tended to aim at strengthening their central manufacturing core and to ensure that the French company remains dominant and in control , whereas the British takeover is generally aimed at diversification . |
| 10 | Most drains and sewers perform their task by gravity flow , and to ensure that the pipes are self-cleansing they should flow at about 1.5 metres per second . |
| 11 | Your job is to help your subordinate understand why certain objectives must be achieved and to ensure that the work of the subordinate is within his knowledge and ability . |
| 12 | You are required therefore to notify us if you change your address and to ensure that the arrangements for receiving mail at your Registered Address are safe . |
| 13 | Such advisers will certainly be expected to spend much more time in schools and to ensure that the demands of the National Curriculum are being met . |
| 14 | The ward staff should understand that the primary role of the clinical teacher is to teach and to ensure that the students obtain the maximum benefit from their ward allocation . |
| 15 | The Statutory Instruments Act 1946 sought to regularise these procedures and to ensure that the House had an opportunity of scrutinising such legislation . |
| 16 | This was to give it movement and life and to ensure that the focus of attention was never blurred tor the audience . |
| 17 | They expect us as a matter of course to advise them if they should be taking advantage of their inheritance and capital gains tax exemptions and to ensure that the share capital structure of their companies is maintained to ensure they are not in control for any tax-related purpose , but can still ensure young Harry is kept in his place . |
| 18 | However , as the laying-out and preparation of the body was at that time the responsibility of the family , it would appear that the guild limited themselves to three actions : the marshalling of their members to attend , and the selection from that company of those to carry the coffin ( though it would have been a strong guild able to command more than half a dozen of its members during a weekday ) ; to see the coffin safely into the church and to ensure that the burial equipment was in place ; and to attend the full obsequies on the following day , including the funeral feast . |
| 19 | It is the job of the trustees to manage the fund and its investments and to ensure that the benefit promises are kept . |
| 20 | The IAEA wants to be there to check whether fuel rods have been removed in the past , and to ensure that the spent fuel is not diverted for military purposes . |
| 21 | The nineteenth-century origins of these provisions are closely tied into a desire to hold down state expenditure and to ensure that the wealthier classes did not have to dig too deep into their pockets to support people who could not work for wages . |
| 22 | She asked him whether he would see the film and ‘ issue a statement about it both to encourage anxious parents and to ensure that the Church was seen to be caring about the matter ’ . |
| 23 | To Leese immigration and race-mixing was a jewish plot to undermine the British Empire , and to ensure that the ‘ poisoning of our Anglo-Saxon blood by this yellow negroid horde is proceeding a pace ’ . |
| 24 | Such grants had some advantages from the crown 's point of view , for in the event of the failure of direct heirs the lands and title would revert to the crown and would augment the resources of royal patronage , as happened with the Audley , Clinton and Ufford inheritances ; but the underlying reason for limiting descent to heirs male was the wish of the nobility to preserve the integrity of their inheritances and to ensure that the title descended with the land . |
| 25 | Their task is to define and record all those terms that clinicians use in their medical records and to ensure that the appropriate Read codes are attached to each term . |
| 26 | A court must be able to exercise some measure of control over the cases which are brought before it , to prevent injustice to either party and to ensure that the various issues can be fully and effectively dealt with . |
| 27 | Attention focused initially upon improving the condition of potential rather than actual members of the labour force and the armed services ; on proposals and measures to diminish the infant mortality rate and to ensure that the surviving children grew up well fed and well cared for . |
| 28 | Henry II sent Geoffrey to the Limousin to arrange a truce and to ensure that the discontented barons would come to the peace conference . |
| 29 | If past experience is a reliable guide , there will be no shortage of similarly bold attempts to transform the findings of workers in linguistics and psychology into classroom action , and to ensure that the concept of readability remains a useful one . |
| 30 | It is for the cabinet to determine the policies to be submitted to Parliament , to determine the content and priorities of legislative proposals , and to ensure that the relevant policies are carried out . |