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

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1 As we have seen , wood depends for its defences against crack propagation partly upon Jeronimidis ' work of fracture contrivance — which ensures that the critical Griffith crack length is a long one — and also , by way of a further safety device , upon the Cook-Gordon mechanism for stopping any crack which gets past George .
2 It is the total change in perspective and new semantic outlook which ensures that the subjective nature of the liminal journey can be used as an essential part of the analysis ; for it can produce a dynamic simply because it incorporates aspects of a newly created ideological disjunction , as some classic accounts have shown .
3 An ‘ Engineering Applications ’ laboratory is available , which ensures that the practical component of the course is prominent in the first and second years .
4 The Activity Book for the student contains a wealth of material which ensures that the maximum benefit will be gained from the video .
5 Writing is a motor skill which ensures that the same words written by different people are distinct — allowing signatures to be used as verification of identity .
6 The process of rehearsal draws upon a training which often reaches back into the singer 's boyhood , which provides him with the directed quickness of mind and the vocal stamina he requires , and which ensures that the choral results are generally quite passable and are sometimes excellent despite the constant absences , deputizations , hirings and firings that always threaten the homogeneity of what can be achieved .
7 This split which ensures that the main emphasis in educational achievement rests on cognitive or intellectual pursuits contrasts with the situation in the Soviet Union where the central unity of the human being pervades all levels of education .
8 Edward VI signed a document , in 1552 , which ensured that the royal succession must exclude Roman Catholics , such as his half-sister , Mary .
9 It was Pippin 's help which ensured that the ensuing battle would be fierce , Pippin 's arrival that made Lothar feel so confident that that night in his camp Archbishop George of Ravenna ( an Italian supporter who had invested hugely in Lothar 's cause ) promised him that " Charles should be tonsured tomorrow " — hence , excluded forever from kingly power .
10 Can you make it clear that these matters will be dealt with urgently and , in view of the credibility of all Select Committees , will you ensure that a firm conclusion is reached ?
11 Anyone who knows Hong Kong will appreaciate that spare time is at a premium there , and the efforts of those members who ensure that a successful branch exists deserves recognition and thanks .
12 These are the people who ensure that the week-long adventure goes as smoothly as possible for children such as Amelia .
13 House officers should have named educational supervisors , usually their consultants , who ensure that the educational objectives of the year are met and help with any personal problems that may arise .
14 Admittedly , providing these essential conditions for the students ' growth will not by itself ensure that the sought-for maturation takes place .
15 They might thus be characterised as the two Ugly Sisters who through their actions succeeded in making the British economy the Cinderella of the industrialised world — and the USA could be cast as the Bad Fairy who ensured that the Ugly Sisters always got their way .
16 In that bizarre way which again and again seemed to link imperialism and social reform ( sometimes as allies , sometimes as competitors ) , it seemed to some that Britain would only be able to sustain its Empire if she ensured that the new generation of children , tomorrow 's Imperial Army , was properly nourished .
17 How are we to ensure that the comparative information they need over time will be available to them , on the same comprehensive basis as before ?
18 Will he do everything to ensure that the recent announcement by the European Community , which reflects the attitude of the French and those who agree with them in respect of the general agreement on tariffs and trade proposals , will not be immensely damaging to British farming and world trade as a whole ?
19 First , they ensure that the initial position of competitive equilibrium is indeed an equilibrium .
20 When many of these are taken by one person it is still useful for him or her to ensure that the separate responsibilities are kept in balance — and essential if the work is to be of use to other teachers .
21 At the south-western corner of the city walls two smaller castles were built , Baynard 's and Mountfichet , but never allowed to become great fortresses ; and they were finally removed from this strategic place by Edward I in the late thirteenth century : by a king whose mighty works at the Tower mirrored his determination to keep the Londoners under firm control ; but who greatly expanded the western end and formed a large new enclosure there for the Dominican friars , who could help him to ensure that no hostile presence met him when he came from Westminster to the City .
22 Many more lesbians and gays were openly involved in their local Labour parties than would have been the case even five years previously , and they ensured that the Labour manifestos in the 1986 council elections included commitments to lesbian and gay work .
23 As the Minister reconsiders the regular-reserve mix of the Royal Navy , as he promised on 10 December , will he ensure that a proper study of task threats is completed and will he create a supplementary list of personnel whom it is planned to axe until that review of task threats is complete ?
24 If my right hon. Friend should be considering with his right hon. Friend the Chancellor any largesse over the next two or three weeks , will he ensure that a few crumbs from the Treasury table fall in that direction ?
25 Will he ensure that the vast amount of aid which has been sent into the region for military purposes will in future be for peaceful purposes so that the region 's social injustices are dealt with as rapidly as possible ?
26 However , the car dealer will not need to rely upon those defences if he ensures that a false trade description is not applied .
27 This complex of elements and activities should be managed such that it ensures that the right product is available at the right price in the right place at the appropriate time to satisfy the needs of target customers in the chosen market segments .
28 This arrangement is particularly suited to a society where wealth is concentrated in the ownership of land , because it ensures that an undivided estate can be passed on to succeeding generations in the family .
29 It ensured that no trigger-happy missile controller would fail to observe the safety precautions and attempt a little target practice .
30 Although a tedious task it ensured that the correct root forms was found for words .
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