Example sentences of "[adj] make sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | Measurements and floor plan alone wo n't convey the atmosphere , but if a personal viewing is not possible make sure you have been supplied with written details before you begin working out your item . |
| 2 | By sinking several Genoese vessels and taking others captive , the English made sure that the port remained in English hands , that ( for some while ) they would control the wide estuary of the Seine , and that they might , in the phrase of the day , ‘ sweep ’ the French off its waters by patrolling the sea . |
| 3 | yeah , before you commit things to paper do be very very careful make sure that it 's not just because you 're in a bad mood or something like that they can always come back and . |
| 4 | We , as hobbyists , can only wait for science to throw some further light on the confusion ; but we should , I think , be extra careful to make sure we do n't mix the different types when selecting breeding stock . |
| 5 | When you 're getting outside the family you 've got to be careful to make sure that they are people that are prepared to do the job , that they understand what 's involved because you can not force anyone to be an executor . |
| 6 | So be careful to make sure you find your number on the timetable and know where you 're going and who you 're going to be with . |
| 7 | Now this overround tends to be larger in fields with a large number of runners , and also tends to be larger in these popular races , so that at times when there 's lots of money around the bookies , of course , and we expect them to do this , are very careful to make sure that the odds are well in their favour , because on these races where there 's lots of money staked their risk is higher . |
| 8 | If you are the sort of person who needs to go to the lavatory when you are nervous make sure you know where it is . |
| 9 | If the whole system of deaf education is based on underexpectation and the undervaluing of deaf people 's abilities , then it becomes remarkably easy to make sure that the system does not allow them to develop these abilities . |
| 10 | The former can not be defined by any objective criteria and are largely a matter of personal taste , although if you wish to guarantee a reasonable resale value , it is crucial to make sure that your tastes coincide with more universally held views on aesthetic appeal . |
| 11 | Zebedee had been pumped with Epsom Salts laxative to make sure he performed somewhere . |
| 12 | It is part of the manager 's brief to make sure the artist is n't put into the wrong level or type of venue . |
| 13 | I look round the room quick to make sure it 's neat looking . |
| 14 | Even if other painters had to wait for their money , Zbo tried desperately hard to make sure that Modi did not go without . |
| 15 | ‘ On the other hand , you also need to make them feel that this may be their one chance to make a record — and they 'd better work pretty hard to make sure it sounds good . ’ |
| 16 | The world-famous hospital is facing closure , but doctors and nurses are working very hard to make sure it stays open . |
| 17 | We have all worked very hard to make sure that our district societies are representative of all members and I am sure that a breakdown of the composition of committees would prove this . |
| 18 | ‘ It is customary to wish good luck to new enterprises but , in this case , I am sure that the team worked very hard to make sure that luck had no part to play in the implementation and so the good wishes would have been redundant , ’ said Alan . |
| 19 | Lucy cut in , ‘ You 're forgetting that her husband looked upon it as her home and that he saw fit to make sure she had the right to live in it . |
| 20 | Noel ran onto the platform and said : ‘ The last ex-Italian prime minister 's speech was so good I 'm going to repeat it in Maltese to make sure you do n't miss any of it . ’ |
| 21 | Draughts , very good make sure the baby 's not in a draught can you think of anything else ? |
| 22 | make sure make sure that this secretary gets a ch suitable honorarium at Christmas . |
| 23 | In a haulage firm it is prudent to make sure that everyone knows who does in fact have permission to drive ; this avoids the problems which arise if a vehicle driven by someone in the firm without authority is involved in an accident . |
| 24 | The routine was to be the same each evening : at 10.00 pm , the Sergeant on duty would go round all the rooms , counting the men present to make sure that none had deserted , and checking on the cleanliness . |
| 25 | Still , enough of them were present to make sure the Virgin 's message would be spread all round the village by supper-time . |
| 26 | Not now , not next year but in the next twenty years so there are a problem with schools , there are problems , I think , with changing leisure habits er people , the way that people take their leisure has changed over the last twenty years and not always have clubs , organizations and sailing schools taken account of that in , in their programme , especially with youngsters and I have to say I also believe there is apathy in some clubs and other organizations , not every club has an active youth sailing scheme and I believe that any club that does n't either must be extremely popular because of its er prices of beer or , or some other reason or it may not exist perhaps in twenty years ' time , so I think it 's an ext extremely important topic brought about by the maybe , without being melodramatic , some of the stuff that we 're reading in the papers about youngsters these days but looking at it from a purely selfish sailing point of view if we 're to get more youngsters into the sport even if we 're to hold our ground we 've got to make a big effort over , over this year and , and it 's important make sure that it runs on for future years . |
| 27 | United made sure of the win midway through the second half … a gold star for David Collins having set up the first he made the second too … |
| 28 | It is important to make sure there are not too many false alarms . |
| 29 | And it is important to make sure that zips have a generous baffle behind them to prevent cold spots . |
| 30 | It 's obviously important to make sure you do n't take on more than you can afford . |