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

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1 In considering shopfronts , the first need is to ensure that existing ones of character are preserved and sympathetically treated .
2 The aim is to ensure that environmental considerations are taken into account at every stage of a project .
3 by requiring that centres in which modules are to be offered meet a set of rigorous approval criteria , the aim of which is to ensure that appropriate staff , materials and resources are in place ;
4 The role of Quality Control is to ensure that appropriate standards of quality are set and that variances beyond the tolerances are rejected .
5 The objective of the national facilities programme is to ensure that each sport — if appropriate — has access to at least one venue suitable for the staging of international events and for national squad training .
6 Clonal selection now concerns all three of Champagne 's major varieties and the current emphasis is to ensure that each village has the clones best suited to its own terroir .
7 An important priority is to ensure that extra income is spent on extra activity .
8 The objective of the [ draft ] FRS is to ensure that financial statements provide a clear , coherent and consistent treatment of capital instruments , in particular as regards the classification of instruments either as debt or as equity ; that costs associated with capital instruments are allocated to accounting periods on a fair basis over the period the instrument is in issue ; and that financial statements provide relevant information concerning the nature and amount of the entity 's sources of finance and the associated costs , commitments and potential commitments .
9 At a time when the largest nuclear power in the world is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , when that massive nuclear arsenal is under some central control of the remaining central authorities , and when our keen concern is to ensure that that security is real , it seems absolutely unthinkable that we should not have our own protection and the ultimate assurance of an independent deterrent .
10 the prime factor at present is to ensure that all land need for the schemes should protect against other developments and that flexibility is divided in
11 The reason for this is to ensure that all services central to a solicitors ' practice are regulated by the Law society .
12 Because of the potential seriousness of gonorrhoea or syphilis , if left untreated , nearly all the clinics in the United Kingdom have on their staff contact-tracers whose prime aim is to ensure that all efforts are made to persuade possible contacts of patients with either disease to attend for investigation .
13 The simple solution in this case is to ensure that all food remains out of their reach .
14 Our aim is to ensure that all BP employees have equal opportunities for career advancement .
15 One critical step in overcoming the culture gap is to ensure that all partners share at the outset a common understanding of the innovation process , their respective roles within it , and how it applies to the particular topic being addressed .
16 The objective is to ensure that all employees accept their individual responsibilities within the context of the law as it stands at the time .
17 The aim of this Guide is to ensure that criminal practitioners know about all the many active steps which they should take in the preparation of their client 's defence .
18 However , the Lord Chancellor wishes the Legal Aid Board to keep the arrangements governing eligibility and contributions for legal aid under review so as to fulfil the Board 's overall aim , which is to ensure that legal advice , assistance and representation is made available to those who need it .
19 Another concern is to ensure that new sorts of responsive services are there to meet identified needs .
20 I thought it particularly strange that the Labour party should label its new policy , ’ Made in Britain ’ , when its strategy is to ensure that British policy is made on the continent .
21 Here your role is to ensure that any plan has been developed in enough detail to satisfy you as manager that it is workable .
22 13.3.2 by or to the Tenant may be given or made by or to the Tenant 's solicitors on behalf of the Tenant The only point to make is to ensure that any notices to be served on the tenant will be certain to be received , which they may not be if served at the premises .
23 Put simply , the duty of the LEAs is to ensure that sufficient schools and teachers are available to provide suitable primary and secondary education to meet the age , needs , aptitudes and abilities of all the children within the area they administer .
24 The primary thrust of the Convention is to ensure that human rights are respected in the domestic laws of states parties or , to the extent that they are not and that breaches occur , that such breaches should be remedied by the state in question .
25 One of the main reasons for the government introducing the system is to ensure that more residents pay for local services .
26 What we shall do , as we have done over the past three years , is to ensure that poorer pensioners — those who have not benefited from the result of our general policies towards pensioners which have increased pensioners ' real living standards by over 34 per cent .
27 ‘ A central part of the City Challenge initiative is to ensure that local firms receive the kind of help they need to survive and grow ; and identifying their needs and objectives is one of our main aims . ’
28 Mrs Darwin , an economic development chief , added : ‘ The new developments and facilities will encourage new business and one of our tasks is to ensure that local people get the new jobs .
29 Once again a similar argument exists in administrative law-namely that the function of judicial review is to ensure that public bodies only take decisions which are within the scope of their expertise .
30 The object of the project is to ensure that this plan is founded on a thorough knowledge and understanding of local business development , and of the specific opportunities and constraints operating in Stirling .
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