Example sentences of "[prep] ensure that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the very least drafting of consumer contracts which avoid the types of clauses set out in the Annex will go most of the way towards ensuring that such contracts are fair within the terms of the Directive . |
| 2 | Indeed , this represents part of the larger problem of ensuring that administrative authorities accord due facilities for representation before the promulgation of rules . |
| 3 | Although credit law included for example criminal sanctions against dishonest moneylenders , there was no general means of ensuring that such sanctions were imposed when needed . |
| 4 | Successful companies use integrated design management as a means of ensuring that all products , communications and services of the organization are serving the overall business . |
| 5 | On June 6 the International Tropical Timber Organization ( ITTO ) , comprising 19 wood producing countries and 24 consumer countries , concluded its nine-day annual conference in the Ecuadorean capital , Quito , by reaffirming its goal of ensuring that all exports of tropical timber should come from sustainable sources by the year 2000 [ see p. 38257 ] . |
| 6 | His first years in government were spent in the Whips ' Office , where he was schooled in the importance of ensuring that all interests were taken into account . |
| 7 | We will consider proposals for a new system of rebates to come into effect from April 1996 with the aim of ensuring that personal pensions remain attractive across the age range . |
| 8 | One of the policies proposed to reduce the large number of people looking for work and thus to reduce the level of unemployment , consists of ensuring that fewer women from the secondary population enter the labour market . |
| 9 | ROBERT FRANKLIN of Los Gatos , California , has come up with a neat way of ensuring that electric gadgets such as irons and hair curlers turn themselves off when left unattended . |
| 10 | A library , like any other organisation , has a limited amount of manpower and money to carry out the activities required and expected of it ; training is just one way of ensuring that these resources are used in the most effective possible manner . |
| 11 | ‘ A great deal of time and effort has gone into ensuring that all materials and finishes co-ordinate effectively and that the work was carried out to the highest possible standards , befitting a grand old Bank , ’ said Tony Caroli , Property Project Manager . |
| 12 | It was not simply a question of equating total stock of houses with that of households , but with ensuring that individual aspirations could be satisfied . |
| 13 | Second , the role of the Careers Officer will be important in ensuring that Compact vacancies are properly communicated to young people , and in monitoring Compact jobs to ensure that they offer employed status , quality training and career progression . |
| 14 | But it also reflected the problems of headquarters managers and union leaders in monitoring and controlling activities at lower levels of the organization , and in ensuring that national agreements and regulations were respected . |
| 15 | A stronger European Parliament would be a powerful ally in ensuring that social rights , the environment , a peace oriented foreign policy and democracy itself , are forced higher up the European political agenda . |
| 16 | Care should be taken in ensuring that any funds not immediately required for either the building of a new church or other charitable purposes are invested in what are known as qualifying investments as prescribed in Sch 20 Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 17 | You will probably find yourself working as part of a small team within the office and a great deal of emphasis is placed on ensuring that these teams work well . |
| 18 | A lot of money was spent on the acquisition in 1920 of the rights to a series of novels by H. G. Wells , Edgar Wallace , Marie Corelli and Conan Doyle , but little care was expended on ensuring that these books were transmuted into workable scripts . |
| 19 | Wherever possible , the better course would seem to be to make the switch from paying outgoing partners for goodwill to ensuring that all partners make proper retirement plan contributions ( Clause 14.02 ) . |
| 20 | However , if staff are to remain in touch with each other , and the head is to remain in touch with all staff , close attention needs to be paid to communication , and to ensuring that managerial procedures like school philosophies and policy statements remain rooted in day-to-day needs and realities rather than take on a life of their own . |
| 21 | There is no central Government programme under the label ’ skills training ’ , but we are , of course , committed to ensuring that high-quality skills training is provided for the 380,000 people who are currently participating in Government-funded training programmes throughout England and Wales . |
| 22 | If it is to function as well as it possibly can , the body has several basic needs — nutrition , exercise , relaxation , sleep and so on — but , because of the hectic pace of twentieth century life , not enough attention is paid to ensuring that these needs are met . |
| 23 | But when it comes to ensuring that public bodies act reasonably and within their powers , it is often felt to be much less clear how the law ought to be enforced . |
| 24 | If you are a tenant , your landlord should certainly be liable for ensuring that all windows , frames and doors are in good condition . |
| 25 | The beauty of the UCP is that since all relevant contracts involve a bank there is a ready mechanism for ensuring that all contracts are governed by the UCP . |
| 26 | It is clear that as a matter of prudent management in a firm of any size one of the partners or a senior member of staff should be given overall responsibility for ensuring that all partners and employed solicitors ( whether or not held out as partners ) comply with these basic requirements of professional practice ( by keeping a check on replacement and renewal dates , collating relevant statistical information , ensuring timeous completion and posting of applications , etc ) and that the firm is spared the embarrassment of financial penalties or , even worse , an unwanted dissolution . |
| 27 | As I have said , the inspectors are responsible for ensuring that all vehicles are safe and roadworthy . |
| 28 | However , in view of the importance of even 3d. in the weekly budget of the poor , the inconvenience to , and lack of enthusiasm for the scheme of , employers and the absence of any machinery for ensuring that all workers earning under £150 p.a. wee indeed covered , it is probable that many of the poorest workers ( many of them women ) were not in the end provided for . |
| 29 | Local authority social services should be responsible for identifying all people with community care needs in their area , for assessing such needs , for arranging for individuals to receive social , domestic and personal care , and for ensuring that other authorities such as housing and health services are alerted to their needs . |
| 30 | The Head of Department is responsible for nominating persons with whom module leaders should clear their examination papers and mark sheets and for ensuring that associated deadlines are met . |