Example sentences of "[noun sg] to ensure [conj] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ This led to a tightening up of the law and Knowsley 's environmental health and trading standards officers will continue to monitor the sale of food in the borough to ensure that it is as safe as the public rightly expects it to be . ’
2 At 32 , the actor turned producer-director has proved that he has the clout to raise money for stage and screen and the artistic talent to ensure that it 's well spent .
3 Try using a smaller amount , massaging it between your fingers before applying hair to ensure that it 's evenly distributed .
4 However , to maintain this amended behaviour pattern , it may be necessary to repeat this training once or twice a week to ensure that it is permanently reinforced .
5 Will he do his utmost to ensure that it is as quick as possible ?
6 ( ii ) There is a general overriding principle that the Schedule must be interpreted by reference principally to the system and objectives of the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters signed at Brussels on 27 September 1968 in order to ensure that it is fully effective ; in order to strengthen in the Community the legal protection of persons therein established ; and in order to contribute to the proper administration of justice within the Community by preventing parallel proceedings before the courts of different contracting states , and avoiding conflict between decisions which might result from permitting such parallel proceedings to continue .
7 Consequently , the concept of ‘ matters relating to a contract ’ is to be regarded as an independent concept which , for the purpose of the application of the Convention , must be interpreted by reference principally to the system and objectives of the Convention in order to ensure that it is fully effective .
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