Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] to ensure " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blanket speed limits applied to all vehicles must be set at such a low figure as to ensure reasonable safety with the most badly designed vehicle when it is in the worst acceptable state of maintenance . |
| 2 | Theresa led the way , between grass almost knee-high bordered by a riot of unpruned roses , to the porch , then reached for a key hung high on a nail , less , Dalgliesh supposed , for security reasons than to ensure that it was n't lost . |
| 3 | are more concerned to maintain good human relationships at work than to ensure that tasks are carried out efficiently |
| 4 | This section 7(3) required the LTE so to perform their functions as to ensure so far as practicable that at the end of each accounting period the aggregate of the net balance of the consolidated revenue account of the LTE and of their general reserve was such as might be approved by the GLC ; and that if , at the end of any accounting period , the aggregate showed a deficit , the amount properly available to meet changes to revenue account in the next following accounting period should exceed those charges by at least the amount of that deficit . |
| 5 | National courts have the duty to interpret and apply national law in such ways as to ensure that a real and effective sanction , i.e. a sanction satisfying the principles of proportionality , effectiveness and non discrimination or comparability , is imposed . |
| 6 | Condition : ‘ Wastes shall be initially blended before incineration and the plant operated in such a manner as to ensure that the flue gases discharged to the atmosphere are such that they do not give rise to an environmental hazard or danger to public health ’ . |
| 7 | Nevertheless some form of discretionary adjustment may still be required , especially for deficit countries , since there is no guarantee that the exchange rate will adjust smoothly in such a manner as to ensure an equilibrium in the balance of payments . |
| 8 | It makes sense though to ensure that your hands are clean when you insert a tampon because there is some evidence that tiny nail scratches on the vaginal wall can allow infectious organisms to enter the bloodstream . |
| 9 | Therefore , in campaigns a party attempts less to attract these voters than to ensure that they are not repelled by what the party advocates . |
| 10 | Current legislation is embodied in the Health and Safety at Work Act which places a general duty on an employer to ‘ conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure , as far as is practicable , that persons not in his employment who may be affected thereby , are not exposed to risks to their health and safety . ’ |
| 11 | This has led to a change in the way in which both physical and social data are collected and combined in an effective conservation policy , or , as Pickering ( 1979 ) puts it , in such a way as to ensure the technical validity of a conservation technique is appropriate over the same area as its social validity . |
| 12 | Each input or interaction upsets homeostasis , but the parts which make up the system are programmed to respond in such a way as to ensure a return to normality . |
| 13 | Furthermore , it had to regulate it in such a way as to ensure that it would ‘ contain a suitable proportion of matter calculated to appeal to tastes and interests not generally catered for by Service 1 ( i.e. ITV 1 ) ’ . |
| 14 | It will be important for governors to present their reports in such a way as to ensure that the quality of their schools is not judged solely by academic results but by success in meeting the educational needs of all pupils , including those whose progress can never be measured on an examination scale . |
| 15 | ‘ It shall be the duty of every self-employed person to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that he and other persons ( not being his employees ) who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety . ’ |
| 16 | It would be impossible , therefore , to construct a rule that would frame the ambit of management discretion in such a way as to ensure that the members ' varying expectations were uniformly satisfied . |
| 17 | The problem with it , so far as we can see , is that if the political system is democratic and the state is relatively neutral then how is it that anyone could use the system in such a way as to ensure that it permanently advantaged them to the exclusion of other actors and interests in the system ? |
| 18 | He has met that part of the commitment , but our main concern was to have the legislation drafted in such a way as to ensure that a funding council would be set up . |
| 19 | By arrangement with the Soviet authorities the aid would be routed in such a way as to ensure that it " actually reaches those for whom it is intended and does not jeopardize the gradual advance towards normality of supplies in accordance with market rules " . |
| 20 | The constitution , he said , should arise from the negotiations within a bicameral elected body — the lower house elected by proportional representation and the upper house elected in such a way as to ensure " special representation " for minorities and regions . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the ‘ wiring ’ is constructed in such a way as to ensure that certain kinds of social relationship and hierarchy processes remain reproduced . |
| 22 | In 1972 , Cooper legally adopted him as his son , as much to disinherit his own family as to ensure that under French law , most of his estate would go to his ‘ son ’ . |