Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought , not for the first time , that a system which required ministers to run their departments , fulfil their parliamentary responsibilities , and spend the weekend listening to the grievances of their constituents , might have been designed to ensure that major decisions were made by men and women tired to the point of exhaustion . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The diversity of museum collections in general requires that these practices be sufficiently flexible to accommodate the unusual object or set of circumstances , and yet sufficiently disciplined to ensure that realistic standards can be established and maintained . |
| 4 | By the time Durkheim came to write Two Laws of Penal Evolu-tion , he had modified his theory about the decline in importance of the conscience collective ( a phrase he ceased to use ) and had come to believe that collective sentiments were a crucial factor in any society . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Erm authorities are expected to show that environmental concerns have been comprehensively and consistently taken into adv erm account in their plans . |
| 7 | The sort of argument just presented emphasizes that large organizations are not monolithic and that attempts to tighten up the system to make them so do not necessarily yield improvements . |
| 8 | Already towards the end of January , when it was made known that German troops were encircled in Stalingrad , the unease registered in numerous reports merged into critical comment expressing fundamental doubts about the necessity of the war with Russia and now also about the truth of Hitler 's explanations for the war . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what arrangements he has made to ensure that existing recipients of attendance allowance and mobility allowance receive disability living allowance in April . |
| 10 | Either attempts can be made to ensure that corporate managers behave as profit-maximizers by making them responsive once again to the market ; or , alternatively , new life can be breathed into the legal model of the company so that managers are once again forced to act in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 11 | This process will be carefully regulated to ensure that appropriate services are available in each locality . |
| 12 | Work therefore needs to be done to ensure that administrative records are retained sensibly , since it would be impossible to preserve every piece of information for ever . |
| 13 | THE HISTORY of belief in the supernormal over the past hundred years is studded with the names of famous illusionists who have sought to prove that much-vaunted miracles were nothing more than conjuring tricks . |
| 14 | Initially , the main aim of this research was to demonstrate the inaccuracy of Chomsky 's characterization of the input as " random and degenerate " but , more recently , attempts have been made to show that particular features of this register actually facilitate the learner 's task . |
| 15 | A repetition of the analysis just given shows that stellar cores of mass less than M(Chandrasekhar) are stable against further collapse and form neutron stars . |
| 16 | They are intended to ensure that increased levels of interaction amongst Network members do not result in friction or embarrassment amongst Network members or the extensive use of other Network members ' resources on an unprofitable basis . |
| 17 | The new directive is intended to ensure that national authorities process toxic substances as close to source as possible , thereby minimising the risk of accidents while in transit . |
| 18 | Although public sector entities may experience difficulties with the recognition and measurement of certain assets , the example the audited Crown financial statements have set shows that verifiable valuations can be placed on most public sector assets . |
| 19 | I hold no specific brief for the Baxter scheme , but it has attempted to demonstrate that alternative schemes could be produced that would retain the Government 's proposal for a terminus — an interchange — at King 's Cross , but states that the plan would be more satisfactory if it were achieved without creating an enormous hole in the ground which British Rail proposes , with all the consequent destruction of homes , jobs and local neighbourhood . |
| 20 | The Regional Council has not attempted to argue that increased levels of infill can and do compensate for a shortage in the HP4 supply . |
| 21 | As for Louise , strolling beneath the shade of her white silk parasol , she had remained so cool and chaste that she had scarcely deigned to notice that young men were admiring her . |
| 22 | This list of problems with enumerative schemes is not intended to demonstrate that enumerative schemes are not effective in the organization of knowledge . |
| 23 | RADIO listeners in Essex are again being asked to ensure that under-privileged children are not eggless this Easter . |
| 24 | They were monitored to ensure that similar posts received similar assessments and also that they were " sensible " bearing in mind the position of various jobs within their hierarchies . |
| 25 | The breaking and training process will need to be longer than usual and extra care must be taken to ensure that new lessons are clearly taught . |
| 26 | Care must be taken to ensure that speed-reducing obstacles such as humps can be avoided by the cyclist , to whom they are irritating and dangerous . |
| 27 | In organisations where employees sent on overseas postings are recommended by their managers , care needs to be taken to ensure that senior managers are not withholding recommendations for good candidates . |
| 28 | It is therefore important that steps are taken to ensure that mature entrants to these discipline areas are adequately prepared for their studies . |
| 29 | It is intended that care will be taken to ensure that important relics such as the wheels are retained . |
| 30 | Whilst automatically operated high-bay warehouses tend to be designed to exclude personnel when in operation , special precautions have to be taken to ensure that unauthorized personnel do not gain access , notably with man-rider operated equipment . |