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

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1 It is important to establish exactly what degree of dissonance we want in our music , and how frequently it should occur — in other words to ensure that the harmonic style and atmosphere are consistent .
2 But many jobs require very specific education or training and it may be necessary to take careful steps to ensure that the right people apply .
3 In Coldunell Ltd. v. Gallon the creditors had acted responsibly in that they had taken steps to ensure that the elderly parents received independent legal advice and , as appears from the closing sentence of the extract of Oliver L.J . 's judgment just cited , they were entitled when they received in return documents apparently executed in the presence of such a solicitor to accept those documents and act upon them .
4 These considerations ensured that the Soviet plan would be rejected by the West , a rejection confirmed once the new American administration under Reagan was installed on 20 January .
5 Do we not owe it to community charge payers in each of those areas to ensure that the best value is obtained for their money and that they get the most efficient service ?
6 It is part of your professional obligations to ensure that the full price is properly recorded on the conveyancing documentation , and if any part of it is to remain outstanding , it could always be secured by a loan agreement or indeed by a mortgage back to the seller .
7 During the final descent , check the loss of height in half-minute intervals to ensure that the desired descent rate is being maintained .
8 The blueprint based on his earlier experiences ensured that the old drama was played out time and time again , thereby validating its own predictions .
9 These will be granted by the professional bodies in the UK to appropriate actuaries to ensure that the highest standards will continue to prevail .
10 Many of the courses presented were thoroughly and lovingly prepared by lecturers from the polytechnics who fought hard at meetings with the officers of the CNAA and its panels to ensure that the school-centred elements in their courses were given due emphasis .
11 Apart from the 1 per cent who have their own private supplies , the great majority of the UK population rely upon the decisions of the water suppliers to ensure that the great bulk of the water we drink and cook with is ‘ wholesome ’ .
12 Companies such as Rank Xerox are so dedicated to the idea that they are inverting their organisation structures to ensure that the front-line troops — those who interface most closely with the customer become the focus of attention .
13 ‘ We can look forward to working with France in international efforts to ensure that the temporary suspension of testing by two of the five nuclear weapons states — Russia and France — becomes permanent , and that the other three join them . ’
14 However , the Italians , currently running an enormous budget deficit , may not be happy with constraints on fiscal policy , while the less-developed nations will want structural reforms to ensure that the major economies do not cream off all the benefits .
15 Modern democracies are dependent on non-bureaucratic political institutions to ensure that the large bureaucracies employed by modern governments do not become excessively autonomous .
16 Perhaps all deaths recorded as due to asthma should be analysed by an independent panel of experts to ensure that the national statistics are correct .
17 The law attempts to ensure that the original capital invested is maintained within the limited company , particularly so that the rights of unsecured creditors are protected : the original capital , if maintained , is assumed to provide their security .
18 Even when there was not a conflict of jurisdiction , there would often be much coming and going between the courts to ensure that the various aspects of a complex case were handled in unison ( see pp. 414 f . ) .
19 It is in the interest of church musicians to ensure that the necessary licence is obtained , or their playing or singing of copyright music in such circumstances could constitute an infringement of copyright through being an unauthorised ‘ performance ’ .
20 A ward nurse accompanied Mr Reynolds as far as the anaesthetic room , taking with her all his notes and X-rays to ensure that the surgical team had all the available information .
21 The systems verifiers , who each have a wide experience of assessment and verification systems , visit centres to ensure that the internal quality systems required to underpin the delivery of SCOTVEC awards are in place in each centre .
22 By balancing the quantities supplied and demanded , prices ensure that the final quantity of goods being consumed can be produced .
23 Since the price system achieves Pareto efficiency by inducing each individual to equate marginal cost or marginal benefit to the price received or paid , and hence to one another , taxes that imply that buyers and sellers face different prices ensure that the marginal cost to a seller no longer equals the marginal benefit to a buyer .
24 BRC frequently relay wrong information ( primarily because they receive wrong information ) , and wider societal divisions ensure that the main mode of transport in Easton , as elsewhere , is reinforced Land Rovers in order to afford occupants some protection from attack , although policemen and women see them as having their own vulnerabilities .
25 I have had further discussions with the Regional Solicitor on the scope for using legal agreements to ensure that the safeguarded areas can be transferred to the Regional Council as and when required .
26 It empowered the Secretary of State to prescribe a common curriculum ( to be called the national curriculum ) for pupils of compulsory school age in maintained schools ( for details , see Chapter 10 ) , to set attainment targets for each of its constituent subjects at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 , and to make arrangements for assessing how well these are met ; established a National Curriculum Council ( for England ) and a Curriculum Council for Wales to oversee the implementation and assessment of the national curriculum ; required LEAs , school governors and head teachers to ensure that the national curriculum is taught in all maintained schools .
27 All of the building professionals should be involved from the early design stages to ensure that the finished product matches the needs of the occupants .
28 So we are left once more with the need for some form of realignment of the opposition forces to ensure that the non-Tory majority in votes is better reflected in seats in the House of Commons .
29 He will usually adhere to an agenda approved by the parties ' legal advisers to ensure that the proper procedures are followed .
30 In its report of that name published in November 1987 it called for a full national strategy in cooperation with Eurotunnel , British Rail and regional interests to ensure that the potential benefits of the Tunnel are maximised ; the support of necessary infrastructure projects which do not meet current criteria for approval ; and a full technical study of the feasibility of a high speed rail link between Manchester and Continental Europe .
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