Example sentences of "is [verb] to ensure [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The programme is intended to ensure that people can make profit out of public service rather than to achieve the goals that we see as important for ourselves .
2 Examination of the quality of management decisions is included to ensure that lessons are learnt for the future and to provide data needed for the revision of systems if this proves to be necessary .
3 A trial run along both lines is recommended to ensure that planning is correct .
4 An Enhanced Routing/Load Balancing is designed to ensure that system resources are used effectively by intelligently allocating resources and an Automatic Throughput Optimization feature is designed to improve system utilisation , ensure consistent response time and cut overall application development costs in a dynamic workload environment by adding , or subtracting copies of the application to meet current demands .
5 It is designed to ensure that students gain full benefit from the video , and provides a variety of reading material from newspapers and other authentic sources , paralleling the items on the video .
6 The General Product Safety Directive ( 92/59/EEC ) is designed to ensure that products placed on the market in member states are safe for consumers to use .
7 Mr Bland said last night : ‘ Our scheme is designed to ensure that LWT is in a position to make and broadcast programmes at the weekend from 1993 onwards . ’
8 A spokesman told us : ’ The new procedure is designed to ensure that people who are genuinely ill do not face dismissal . ’
9 Once new laws have been passed , workplace action is needed to ensure that employers comply with the new legislation .
10 However the European Commission and most E C governments refute this and contend that legislation is needed to ensure that workers are not kept in the dark about decisions taken elsewhere in the community that could affect their livelihoods .
11 The linguistic transformation known as object deletion is used to ensure that instances of police aggression are rendered more palatable .
12 There may need to be a large number of meetings and discussions between the consultant and the client even after the candidate is appointed to ensure that things are running smoothly .
13 Special care is taken to ensure that teachers understand and can interpret correctly for their students , the plants and wildlife they are likely to encounter along the way .
14 ( d ) That care is taken to ensure that overpayments do not occur , particularly when using method ( c ) above .
15 And if the allocation of statements of attainment to levels , and levels to ages , is arbitrary in part , then the allocation of pupils to levels must also be arbitrary in part , even if scrupulous care is taken to ensure that assessments are based on the best available evidence .
16 At this time certain information is usually recorded to ensure the patient is fit for surgery and also to avoid potential complications , e.g. a specimen of urine is tested to ensure that diabetes mellitus does not go undiagnosed ; allergies are checked to ensure that drugs , anaesthetic agents , lotions or dressings can be avoided if a patient has an allergy to them .
17 This contains the term which , as in ( 10.33 ) , is required to ensure that e -M is continuous across the boundaries of region IV .
18 Now the county 's trading standards department is planning to ensure that traders have no excuse for breaking the law .
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