Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was then involved in civil defence and he took me to see a trial designed to show that air-raid shelters built to government specifications were death-traps . |
| 2 | This is a figure included to ensure that all three methods yield identical results which , of course , they should do in principle , but which they invariably fail to do in practice because of errors and omissions which arise through imperfect data collection . |
| 3 | The practices of organisations in all of the sectors studied suggest that fixed-term contracts are by no means the only way in which short-term contract workers can be recruited . |
| 4 | On waste , the government intends to introduce a system of credits designed to ensure that local authorities get on target to meet the goal of 25 per cent recycling of household waste by 2000 . |
| 5 | The German government 's proposals for new regulations designed to ensure that most packaging material is recycled by the year 1995 [ see ED no. 47 ] , are meeting criticism from industrial sources . |
| 6 | Ronald Wright 's re-telling of the fate of the indigenous people is far more than another manifestation of the popular pastime of Columbus-bashing designed to ensure that this year 's quincentennial celebrations should be suitably controversial . |
| 7 | The survey found that half the people questioned believe that catalytic converters would be the most effective means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions , and another 20 per cent believe that using lead free petrol will slow down global warming . |
| 8 | To keep a large staff informed requires that senior staff are used by the head to spread information , to note reaction and to ensure feedback . |
| 9 | In many inner-city areas , typically though not exclusively run by Labour councils , the policies followed mean that many properties are left empty unnecessarily when many people could safely live in them . |
| 10 | Only within the last few years have doctors begun to realize that this microbe can cause disease . |
| 11 | With brute strength ( it took at least ten horses to shift even one medium field gun ) , the Germans eventually moved their guns forward but the delays involved meant that many of the deadly 21Os , so essential a part of the German offensive technique , were hors de combat over long periods of the battle during its most critical phase . |
| 12 | Each culture has its own ‘ agreed ’ way of surviving , which involves a social organization constructed to ensure that sufficient food , drink and shelter is obtained to allow reproduction for as many members of the cultural group as possible . |
| 13 | Attempts have been made to control parasitic bronchitis by grazing systems designed to ensure that young susceptible cattle are not exposed to large numbers of infective larvae . |
| 14 | The precautions needed to ensure that such a file performs satisfactorily are discussed in the main body of this chapter . |
| 15 | The GUI for the Apple Macintosh ( first released in 1984 ) was the first to become widely used and its popularity helped ensure that other GUIs were developed for PC compatibles and UNIX platforms . |
| 16 | The gall bladder was carefully inspected and a spot film taken to ensure that all the stones had been removed . |
| 17 | So , those who support the Public Service Ideal advocate specific mechanisms designed to ensure that political coverage is wide-ranging , balanced , and impartial , as well as being independent of the state . |