Example sentences of "[vb pp] to ensure [conj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of an executive summary is recommended to ensure that the key decision maker is at least appraised of key facts . |
| 2 | Another Visby amendment was designed to ensure that the one-year time bar to claims for damages applies also to claims for misdelivery of the goods . |
| 3 | Taxation is designed to ensure that the losing party only has to pay those expenses properly incurred and is not saddled with the cost of unnecessary or unduly expensive work . |
| 4 | Yet without these forward markets the price system can not be expected to ensure that the marginal cost and marginal benefits of planned future goods are equal . |
| 5 | Positive efforts need to be made to ensure that the 11–16 schools are seen as partners and not as inferior to the 11–18 school . |
| 6 | For the preliminary investigation no attempt was made to ensure that the correct code was assigned . |
| 7 | At the same time a check should be made to ensure that the private sector passes on only the handling charge to its patients . |
| 8 | Close attention is given to the safe and hygienic handling of chemicals , and biomonitoring of personnel is done to ensure that the protective systems are working satisfactorily . |
| 9 | The new clauses are carefully drafted to ensure that the clear lines of accountability are maintained . |
| 10 | Cloned mutated genes were fully sequenced to ensure that the only changes were those required . |
| 11 | In modules of type PACKAGE , the keywords LATEST-ISSUE-IN-FILE , SELECTED-ISSUE [ issue number ] -IN-FILE , and PREFERRED-ISSUE-IN-FILE are used to ensure that the appropriate version of the module specified is included in the package . |
| 12 | But a capable , competent , intelligent person is also needed to ensure that the many tasks that have to be dealt with every day in the office are carried out smoothly and efficiently , and that good relationships and communications with all other departments in the hotel are maintained . |
| 13 | Rigorous analysis at this stage is needed to ensure that the optimum option is found . |
| 14 | Among names that immediately spring to mind are those of Sydney Schanberg , the former New York Times correspondent who was in Phnom Penh at the time of the fall , and whose subsequent search for his Cambodian assistant , Dith Pran , was documented in Roland Joffé 's film The Killing Fields , who arrived in Indo- China at the age of 21 and was there from 1970 to mid-1975 , first with Agence France Presse , then as a stringer for The Sunday Times — when all the other journalists were getting out , Swain was either brave or foolhardy enough to fly back into Phnom Penh in time for its fall ; William Shawcross who , along with many others , covered the Vietnam war for The Sunday Times and who subsequently became obsessed with the fate of Cambodia , an obsession that resulted first in Sideshow , which exposed the role of Nixon and Kissinger , and then in The Quality of Mercy , a study of the work of the Red Cross in Cambodia ; John Pilger , the British-based Australian journalist whose work on Cambodia may have had little concrete effect but has at least helped to ensure that the tragic country will never disappear into oblivion ; Philip Caputo , who went initially to Vietnam in March 1965 as a 23-year-old Marine officer with the first US combat group sent to Indo-China and returned in 1975 as a correspondent to report on what was left of the war . |
| 15 | It was intended to ensure that the supreme bodies of state worked more efficiently , and to guarantee that no conflicts arose among them . |
| 16 | The recommendations were intended to ensure that the small claims court would be well used , especially by people without legal representation . |
| 17 | These are intended to ensure that the main points in the chapter have been absorbed and provide a basic check for the lecturer and the student to ensure that the basic tools are there to enable the student to tackle the problems for discussion with a reasonable grounding in the subject . |
| 18 | When a module name is first entered into LIFESPAN , it is checked to ensure that the same name has not already been chosen for another module . |
| 19 | Similarly the tenant should resist the landlord 's interference in the appointment of the independent valuer. ( 4 ) The registration of dealings clause should be amended to ensure that the original disposition does not have to be produced to the landlord : a certified copy is perfectly adequate . |
| 20 | After treatment , measurements are undertaken to ensure that the self-healing processes have been initiated . |
| 21 | In the early industrial period , where there was an expansion of domestic industrial production , one can see very clearly that co-operative strategies were developed to ensure that the domestic industry was viable . |
| 22 | No effort is being spared to ensure that the 1,400 journalists and hundreds of European officials who are expected to invade the capital for the June summit depart with a good impression of Irish hospitality . |
| 23 | All such lodgings are inspected by Allocations Office Staff and are regularly revisited to ensure that the correct standards are being maintained . |
| 24 | As a consequence off-duty rotas should be monitored to ensure that the best use is being made of staff available . |
| 25 | So also should steps be taken to ensure that the professional standards of members and employees are maintained . |
| 26 | Care must be taken to ensure that the new company , or its qualifying subsidiaries , carry on qualifying trades and , notably , film production companies and research and development companies qualify , so long as their activities are being carried on on a commercial basis with a view to profit . |
| 27 | Oracle have stressed that , although their campaign began firmly under the umbrella of the RAF , any steps would be taken to ensure that the best crew is provided with the best resources to gain selection for the British team and become top Two Tonner at the Admiral 's Cup . |
| 28 | Project sponsors are instructed to indicate what information would be required to conduct a thorough post-audit , whether the existing information systems provide this data , and if not , what steps should be taken to ensure that the required information is collected and available when required . |
| 29 | Ramsay , for example , has promoted the concept of the sheltered footpath which , analogous to sheltered housing , would meet the special needs of the disabled.50 Others would argue that in all new pedestrian provision the opportunity must be taken to ensure that the appropriate design guidelines are followed from the outset in providing dropped kerbs at junctions , ramps , tactile information , acoustic signals , and continuity of surface for the chairbound , thus integrating the disabled into a new , safe and inviting environment for all walkers . |
| 30 | This must be done very frequently and care must be taken to ensure that the collected rubbish is itself kept in a safe and well contained place . |