Example sentences of "[v-ing] sure [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The completed NEWOED1 form should be returned to the New OED Computer Group representative making sure a copy is retained . |
| 2 | The completed NEWOED2 form should be returned to the New OED Computer Group representative making sure a copy is retained . |
| 3 | She thought she was rather like a mother , making sure a child had eaten before going off to school , did not scruple to say , " Are you sure you 've had enough ? |
| 4 | The snags they sort out can be as simple as making sure a contractor understands plans properly to having to re-design equipment found to need modification when it is being installed . |
| 5 | This we did by making sure every request for spare parts , made on order slips , had been met by the delivery of these parts told us by the exact delivery slip . |
| 6 | A Speaker takes charge of the Questions , so when a player lands on a Ballot Box they simply pick a number ( there are 120 questions for 50 , 216 questions for 25 ) and the Speaker asks questions ( giving clues if necessary but making sure no question is asked twice ) . |
| 7 | Damon pressed the button , the doors parted and Jasper , making sure no one was watching , lit his cigarette . |
| 8 | Then serge ( page 34 ) the turning allowance of the outer fabric to the turning of the interlining on the back of the pelmet and through the buckram , making sure no stitches show on the right side . |
| 9 | An excellent drill is to think in terms of rallying , with targets of 30 , 50 , 100 or whatever you think you are capable of doing — and making sure the ball lands between the service line and the baseline . |
| 10 | Make a hole in the potting compost with a dibber or pencil and poke your cutting into the hole , making sure the rooting end touches the compost at the bottom ; you should get six cuttings in a four-inch pot . |
| 11 | He shut the door , making sure the curtain was drawn across behind him . |
| 12 | Not only does the boy ‘ wear ’ the appropriate external features , he uses words to enhance his simulations : ‘ I am so happy ’ is his way of making sure the observers get the message ! |
| 13 | This is as far as you can get from Cupitt 's picture of a reactionary , static super-tyrant [ in his Taking Leave of God ] always making sure the universe remains the same and conforms to the old unchanging laws . |
| 14 | Vic sighs , hits the Off button on the clock , switches on his bedside lamp ( its dimmer control turned low for Marjorie 's sake ) , gets out of bed and paddles through the deep pile of the bedroom carpet to the en suite bathroom , making sure the connecting door is closed before he turns on the light inside . |
| 15 | At precisely midnight I lightly prick a lobworm onto the size 6 hook , making sure the hook is only an inch away from the tail-end of the lob , for I have found that I hook more carp when the lobs are impaled in this way . |
| 16 | The young MFI salesman who is only concerned in making sure the commission on your purchase accrues to him , not his colleague , has forgotten why he is there in the first place . |
| 17 | So here was an instance of the son of a local worthy insisting on recording his name differently from his father , making sure the charge was not described as a mangonel , and further trying to ensure that any of his father 's descendants who sought to use the arms should spell their name Magnall , a form from which it is difficult if not impossible to divine the relevance and punning nature of the heraldic charge . |
| 18 | Proofreading means reading each word of your work carefully and also making sure the layout is right . |
| 19 | ‘ In areas of the US such as Arizona they spend a lot of money making sure the product is moved off the shelf within three to five days or brought back . ’ |
| 20 | Attaching carpet piercing spikes to the base , and making sure the system pierces the top few millimetres of wood below the carpet adds further to security . |
| 21 | Put a lid on the saucepan and cook slowly for about one hour , stirring occasionally and making sure the chicken joints are turned every fifteen minutes or so . |
| 22 | The chances are that any LSE owner would have an appropriate button fitted as soon as possible , so if Lowden themselves fitted them , making sure the job was done elegantly , that would keep the guitar original and prevent any screw-ups by those amateur guitar repairers who 've never heard of pilot-holes … |
| 23 | He or she must provide the Panel with all the available information , making sure the social background and other reports are to hand . |
| 24 | Making sure the victim remains a victim , all the way . |
| 25 | By making sure the pigment or glaze was transparent , I could gauge the build-up of colour while mixing it in the palette . |
| 26 | AVOID paying the service charge twice by making sure the blank space on the credit card slip is filled in . |
| 27 | Their principal duty is making sure the two little princesses are safe and well . |
| 28 | The project was awarded £750 for a detailed pre-feasibility study , with Hayling , in his GLC capacity , responsible for making sure the report was properly written and the grant money not wasted . |
| 29 | By the application of good marine logic — tasting the water and finding it salty , then making sure the ebb — and flood-tides were of equal strength ( both tests which argued against this body of water being a river ) they realized that they had , indeed , discovered the way through . |
| 30 | People say Microsoft Corp is making sure there 's a back door in the Alamo : in case Windows NT ca n't cut it , they claim there 's an internal research and development effort up in Bellevue making sure the company has a 32-bit multi-tasking version of MS-DOS to fall back on . |