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

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1 The Commission likes to play a positive , enabling role , working with schools and LEAs to ensure that best practice is adopted and that , once it has been identified , illegal practice is replaced in line with the Commission 's recommendations .
2 Elected police authorities will use the extra resources available for the war against crime to ensure that more police officers are visible on the beat , backed up by the modern technology which is essential to crime prevention and detection .
3 Speaking in Darlington last week he said : ‘ Elected police authorities will use the extra resources available for the war against crime to ensure that more police officers are visible on the beat , backed up by the modern technology which is essential to crime prevention and detection . ’
4 If that was an isolated incident I am sure that the Minister will join me in apologising for it , but will he look at distribution methods to ensure that such incidents do not happen on any scale ?
5 He emphasised the consequent need for schools to ensure that adequate opportunities were provided for improving accomplishments in speaking and listening .
6 But for all these criticisms there was still a serious and effective attempt to involve the best minds in the country in laying a foundation for curriculum decision making and to provide an instrument to ensure that detailed curriculum plans reflected this .
7 Similarly , the existence of technology-trading networks indicates that R&D and production do not necessarily need to be integrated under one roof to ensure that new products are efficiently produced ( although this is often a sensible course to follow ) .
8 Since the death of Stalin there seems to have been a conscious attempt to ensure that legal principles are adhered to and even the KGB appeared to make efforts to observe legality ( Hough and Fainsod , 1979 , pp. 278–84 ) .
9 The Authority was less successful in its attempt to ensure that disciplinary proceedings were brought against a detective superintendent , whose early retirement from the Metropolitan Police in 1989 meant that he avoided questions about his links with drug smuggling and criminal gangs , queries that had arisen after a World in Action television programme which had made serious allegations about corruption in the London police .
10 Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities .
11 The need for Government action to ensure that sufficient ships remain on the British register to meet defence needs is under consideration .
12 Griffiths , for example , wanted decisive central government action to ensure that clear objectives and priorities were set , but no such central direction was contained in Caring for People and no mechanisms were devised by which the government could ensure that local planning and implementation were consistent with national priorities ; indeed , no such priorities were set .
13 To counteract this problem , subjects are given sufficient practice tests before the experiment to ensure that this effect has worn off .
14 However , Mr Baron also ordered a review of the rules regarding disturbances in parliament sessions to ensure that tougher sanctions can be applied to members causing disruptions in future .
15 However , the business reality , which must be recognised here , is that the exchanges in the battle may be purely reflex actions : the seller will send an acknowledgment including its standard terms as a matter of course , generally without reading the terms on the buyer 's order ; indeed , in order to win the battle of forms it will generally be good practice to ensure that all orders are acknowledged in this way .
16 Unless needs are clearly identified , it is difficult to proceed to the next stage in the ‘ training cycle ’ : planning a programme to ensure that effective use is made of available resources .
17 Cllr Murphy , who works for MDC as a caretaker for a block of flats in Coatbridge , says he can prove that there have been cases of patronage to ensure that certain jobs went to Labour Party members .
18 The move , pending a full disciplinary hearing , follows Mr Murphy 's claims to The Scotsman earlier this month that he has evidence to support claims that there have been cases of patronage to ensure that certain jobs in the local authority went to Labour Party members .
19 The move , pending a full disciplinary hearing , follows Mr Murphy 's claims to The Scotsman earlier this month that he has evidence to support claims that there have been cases of patronage to ensure that certain jobs in the local authority went to Labour Party members .
20 We are taking active steps to ensure that practising actuaries keep up with the rapid pace of change through a programme of Continuing Professional Development .
21 Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will take steps to ensure that European documents are considered by the House of Commons before a common position has been arrived at by the Council of Ministers ; and if he will make a statement .
22 We have taken all reasonable and proper steps to ensure that proper arrangements have been made for all the holidays which are advertised in this brochure and for excursions as described above and that the suppliers of the various services which will be provided to you as part of the inclusive holiday are efficient , safe and reputable businesses , and that they comply with the local and national laws and regulations of the country in which they provide those services .
23 They must take reasonable steps to ensure that this information is available to those who might benefit ( Sched 2 , para 1 ) .
24 Mr. Barron described it as ‘ an inevitable financial black hole ’ , but reiterated his party 's plans to raise investment to ensure that all services were free .
25 Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Broadcasting Act 1990 placed on the ITC the requirement to ensure that all bids were sustainable and stable for the whole 10 years of the franchise ?
26 If he will read all our policy , he will find clearly stated our determination to ensure that rural areas are protected against the petrol price rises that the Conservatives , Labour , and my own party recognise are otherwise inevitable in due course to protect the environment .
27 There was an explicit determination to ensure that all course elements studied and assessed were at degree level , and there were criticisms of ‘ traditional ’ submissions .
28 In spite of the Department 's ‘ determination to ensure that new research projects should include suggestions as to the best means of dissemination' ( para. 261 ) the Committee believed , from their evidence , that ‘ many social workers go about their complex tasks unaware of research findings which might influence and assist their decisions ’ .
29 Hence section 221 provides that every company shall keep records sufficient to show and explain the company 's transactions , to disclose , with reasonable accuracy at any time , its financial position and to enable its directors to ensure that any balance sheet and profit and loss account will comply with the provisions of Part VII .
30 There is a need to develop flexible budgeting to ensure that actual expenditure is measured against a budget which has been flexed to take account of actual workload ( recognising both volume and mix factors ) .
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