Example sentences of "[conj] to ensure [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to ensure every carrot is bite-sized and every strawberry perfectly small and red , suppliers are sent a picture of the product with a ruler next it . |
| 2 | The farmer with fertile land in a favourable situation and with a good business sense may be able to adjust his product ‘ mix ’ so as to hedge his income from market fluctuations , and to ensure a cash-flow which is as even as possible throughout the year . |
| 3 | Once the principles are firmly grasped and the necessary boxes or bins constructed , breeding and inoculating the soil with earthworms is neither difficult nor laborious , but care must be taken to keep the culture beds moist but not waterlogged , and the temperature within bounds , and to ensure a plentiful supply of organic matter to feed the growing population . |
| 4 | De Franco said that President Chamorro wanted closer co-ordination of long-term monetary and credit policies and to ensure a better response from the credit system for production needs . |
| 5 | You needed government for defence to protect you against external enemies and to engage in foreign relations and diplomacy , and you needed government internally to regulate conflicts between states er and to ensure a , a sound economic platform so that you needed er a single authoritative source of currency for example er and a single source of er er tariffs and trade controls . |
| 6 | Mr Justice Roch said the court would start early at 10am and adjourn for 30 minutes at hourly intervals to allow the interpreters to rest and to ensure the defendant had understood the evidence . |
| 7 | These interests were to replace traditional joint or ‘ runrig ’ tenancies by individual ones , to remove small tenants to other areas to make way for sheep farming , and to ensure the availability of cheap labour for kelp production . |
| 8 | Afforestation programmes are also being initiated in many tropical regions in an effort to mitigate the effects of deforestation and to ensure the availability of forest resources for future generations . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , its significance as a deterrent and to ensure the maintenance of proper records and operating systems should not be under-rated . |
| 10 | She advised him that-parents sometimes do know best , and to ensure the best they sometimes have to insist that children do as they say . |
| 11 | This registration procedure is part of the Museum and Galleries Commission work to ensure that all Museums come up to a certain level of competence , and to ensure the future well being of their collections . |
| 12 | The Streamline Graded Readers series has been specially designed to meet the needs of students at the lower levels of language learning and to ensure the ease of reading which will keep students encouraged and motivated . |
| 13 | The breakdown of the control apparatus is widely perceived as liberating managers to pursue economically sub-optimal goals , and as causing insufficient pressure to be imposed to promote managerial vigour and to ensure the competence of the management team . |
| 14 | The principal function of the watch was to deal with outbreaks of fire , and to ensure the security of property . |
| 15 | This requires a comprehensive programme for the development of suitable collection systems and to ensure the creation of reliable and economically valid markets . |
| 16 | In addition the President would appoint and head a Presidential Council responsible for elaborating " measures to implement the main directions of the USSR 's domestic and foreign policy and to ensure the country 's security " . |
| 17 | " Our purpose in the Persian Gulf remains constant : to drive Iraq out of Kuwait , to restore Kuwait 's legitimate government , and to ensure the stability and security of this critical region … |
| 18 | The other main aims of the budget were to check inflation and to ensure the minimum required level of consumer goods . |
| 19 | The New Front 's parliamentary majority was four short of the two-thirds majority required to push through constitutional changes and to ensure the election of its choice of presidential candidate — both principal functions of the Assembly in the intended transition from military rule . |
| 20 | For this reason it is normal for the vendor to define precisely which documents comprise the sale agreement and to ensure the purchaser acknowledges that it is not relying on any statements of fact unless contained in these documents . |
| 21 | and to ensure the local economy is not constrained by a lack of land for employment purposes . |
| 22 | A strategy is to be drawn up so environmental issues are given equal priority , and to ensure the council 's response is consistent . |
| 23 | Those who make and operate the laws of copyright seek both to safeguard the integrity of a work and to ensure an income for its writer . |
| 24 | There are a variety of methods of attachment but to ensure a tight connection ( which is essential ) the inhaul rope should be tied when the boom is parallel to the mast so that when swung down to its normal position it tightens the rope . |
| 25 | Drug injectors who continue to share syringes should not be encouraged to clean used equipment but to ensure a regular and reliable source of sterile equipment . |
| 26 | The middle-class capitalist required the legitimacy of all his children not only to protect his possessions from being enjoyed by the offspring of other men but to ensure the loyalty of his sons who might be business partners , and of his daughters who might be essential in marriage alliances . |
| 27 | Conscious that , if this buying-out aspect of the report was to be approved by the Committee the Club would , in losing its bondholders , also lose the long-term continuity and stability on its Committee previously created by their existence , Robert Naish 's Sub-Committee incorporated a contentious recommendation ( in which it fervently believed ) so as to ensure a measure of long-term Committee continuity . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Their imperatives were comparatively simple ; to procreate and protect themselves and perpetuate the social order — preferably under their own control — so as to ensure a supply of human hosts . |
| 30 | These were set out facing the way the explorer had gone so as to ensure a good view of him on his return . |