Example sentences of "is to ensure that the " in BNC.

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1 The court 's job is to ensure that the administrator has acted within the rule of law , and has not infringed civil rights and freedoms .
2 If the present division is regarded as desirable , the next step is to ensure that the maximum penalty for the lesser offence is sufficient to deal with cases of serious threats which are not enough to negative consent in rape .
3 The answer is to ensure that the primulas growing conditions are good , with a rich soil , so they can build up their strength early in the season .
4 The requirements , which are mandatory , were published the previous December by the NHBC , and include measures to treat any timber which has to be cut during construction ; however , their main aim is to ensure that the timber frame is kept dry in the moist British climate .
5 Its main function , however , is to ensure that the system rids itself of unwanted air .
6 The overriding objective of the Abbey National Board is to ensure that the Society can continue to meet the present and future requirements of its Members .
7 The initial and overriding goal , in terms of RMI , is to ensure that the service providers ( doctors , nurses , other professional groups ) are fully integrated into the management process .
8 However , until that stage is reached , all we can do is to ensure that the animals whose flesh we devour are given the best possible lifestyle and are then despatched as quickly and painlessly as possible .
9 One of the arts of the parent , the teacher , and the librarian is to ensure that the right book is in the right hands at the right moment .
10 An equally important aim is to ensure that the planning system continues to protect and enhance the environment .
11 The great art is to ensure that the coat ( dressed face ) remains tight and even .
12 The function of the line is to ensure that the male animal is fully under your control .
13 Your main safeguard is to ensure that the remaining rabbits can not escape back into the burrow system .
14 In Buxtehude , the most common measure is to ensure that the crossing cycle lane is conspicuous , as seen in ( Figure 6.17 ) , with the priority to the right rule giving added protection and often ensuring that cyclists can maintain their pace .
15 Life is all compromise , so a first consideration when siting the launch pad is to ensure that the DZ ( drop zone ) is clear of hazards like forests , cliffs and rivers likely to cause much grief to the fauna .
16 Its chief task is to ensure that the charter and its offspring are being implemented by other departments .
17 One essential requirement , before attempting to fly a model equipped with a gyro for the first time , is to ensure that the gyro is working in the correct sense .
18 His primary task as chairman , he says , is to ensure that the IASC 's efforts do come to fruition .
19 One of the simplest planning points is to ensure that the timing of dividend and ACT payments is arranged to give the maximum cash flow advantage .
20 The task now is to ensure that the incoming Government acts swiftly to introduce a fair and effective Asylum Bill , after full and proper consultation .
21 The net effect of these injunctions ( as well as others we shall meet later ) is to ensure that the natural inability of human beings to respond ‘ perfectly ’ to all situations , however demanding or paradoxical , is construed by those human beings as clear evidence of personal inadequacy : they lack the ability , resilience or ready-made savoir-faire that they somehow ought to have , in limitless supply , if they are to be able to look themselves in the eye in the bathroom mirror each morning .
22 What they lose sight of is that the only possible justification of the expense of supporting these vast bureaucratic machines is to ensure that the necessary high standard of safety is established and maintained .
23 Although the responsibilities of leadership certainly entail ensuring that the company is going somewhere , and can maintain its relative position , an even greater responsibility is to ensure that the company continues to survive .
24 They are the director , who comes from the production company , is in charge of the whole operation , and is the real expert ; the lighting cameraman , whose job is highly skilled and is exactly what it sounds like , and whose expertise will totally influence the visual texture of the film ; and the agency 's producer ( or creative group head ) whose job is to ensure that the director fully covers the brief , and to make any awkward decisions that may be needed .
25 The overall aim is to ensure that the welfare state encourages rather than penalizes personal initiative .
26 As liquidator , the official receiver 's function is to ensure that the company 's assets are got in , sold and distributed to the creditors and other persons properly entitled .
27 What is to ensure that the allocation of resources is not arbitrary , subject to the sway of ad hoc political pressure ?
28 ‘ the function of the judge at a criminal trial as respects the admission of evidence is to ensure that the accused has a fair trial according to law .
29 The primary duty of trustees is to ensure that the trust fund remains intact , since the financial security of the beneficiaries may depend on it .
30 The goal of the day hospital is to ensure that the patient 's level of functioning is maintained at as high a level as possible , while levels of anxiety in both patient and carer are decreased , levels of confidence being likewise increased .
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