Example sentences of "try to ensure that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last Friday 's shambles , when Joyce Gould effectively re-wrote the leadership contest nomination rules to try to ensure that a leadership contest actually took place , was merely the nadir of a process that has seen the people 's party acting according to the slogan of ‘ all power to the apparatchiks ’ , and losing its soul , its sense of purpose , much of its membership — and the general election — along the way . |
| 2 | In the last chapter I described some of the iterative processes we carry out to try to ensure that the objective is clear , understood , and has been achieved with a large amount of involvement throughout the whole organization . |
| 3 | Time is short , but we must mobilise the full strength of our membership to try to ensure that the Bill is brought forward quickly . |
| 4 | Many staff have worked well beyond the call of duty to try to ensure that the arrangements we need to put in place are both effective for service users and reflect the professional standards that characterise Lothian 's work and are important to its staff . |
| 5 | Ultimately the law has responded to this problem by intervening to try to ensure that the market resembles as closely as possible the paradigm of perfect competition , outlawing monopoly and trade practices that deviate from that paradigm . |
| 6 | Would it not be right for the Secretary of State to come to the House to say what steps are being taken to try to ensure that the sort of dishonesty and crookery that went on at MGN is not being repeated elsewhere ? |
| 7 | One of the things that we shall be seeking to do in the negotiations on the political union treaty is to try to ensure that the Commission — at present under no effective control — increasingly comes under the control of the most appropriate Parliament , in this case the European Parliament . |
| 8 | Mr. Andrew knew all the shipping agents , and he tried to ensure that every ship had a profitable cargo before she sailed . |
| 9 | In the first place , his rehearsals were always scrupulously prepared ; in the second , he generally tried to ensure that the players themselves felt that they were ahead of the game . |
| 10 | From the drafter 's point of view there is clearly nothing that can be done to save a clause rendered ineffective by the Act ; however , where a clause is subject to a test of reasonableness ( which will be more common in relation to clauses included in standard terms ) the drafter should try to ensure that the clause can satisfy the test . |
| 11 | The social worker whose aim is to effect change in response to some cry for help , will try to ensure that the change occurs in such a way that it is manageable for the system as a whole . |
| 12 | If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world , we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions . |
| 13 | Unless steps have been taken to ensure that the people of the organisation are fully informed of the changes that are proposed , that they support the changes , and see themselves as gaining from them , then there is no reason to assume that they will cooperate with the changes : indeed , there is good reason to assume that they will try to ensure that the changes do not work . |
| 14 | When this introduction is successfully achieved the topic can be introduced , and the counsellor should try to ensure that the group takes over most of the talking . |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia would continue to form a single market , but in the approach to European bodies the government would try to ensure that the Czechs and Slovaks were able to act as " independent and equal subjects " . |
| 16 | Rather , on the assumption that the firm manages to devise effective mechanisms for routeing potentially relevant information from the external environment to its decision makers , we will ask : ‘ How should we try to ensure that the information , when it arrives on the executive 's desk , is usable by that executive ? ’ |
| 17 | The accountant will try to ensure that the band have given enough thought to how long this money is likely to last , and how best to use it until the next payment or earnings are due . |
| 18 | Why does society try to ensure that every child receives an education ? |
| 19 | Try to ensure that every child feels they have an essential role in the drama , that they have opportunities to make decisions and influence outcomes . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , try to ensure that the flowers do not end up arranged in straight lines , as this can look like a stripe in the design . |
| 21 | It demands the identification of a coordinator who should ensure that consultation with staff is genuine and that they feel involved ; explain processes clearly from the outset ; help teachers draw up a realistic timetable and ensure that deadlines are met ; provide advice and keep a check on what is happening at each stage ; contact people outside the school who might be brought in to help ; try to ensure that the review and the development are rigorous and systematic ; and make some evaluation of the effectiveness of the GRIDS method after about twelve months . |
| 22 | Ask for advice and guidance but try to ensure that the policy decision-making and the responsibilities remain in your own hands . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the drafter should keep s3 in mind throughout the drafting process and try to ensure that the terms are reasonable and can be justified , if necessary , and should warn the client for whom the terms are prepared of the potential impact of the section and the resulting uncertainty . |
| 24 | Some requesting States may only accept evidence taken in a particular way and the Convention tries to ensure that a request for a special procedure ( for example , for verbatim transcripts or , on the other hand , for a summary of the evidence in deposition form ; or for video-taped evidence ) will not be refused merely because it is inconvenient to the requested State . |
| 25 | Equity is important in that it fights for improvements and fairness in pay and working conditions , and with over 44,000 members competing for probably some 5–7,000 jobs in any given working week , it tries to ensure that the work goes to professionally accredited people , those with training or suitable professional experience . |
| 26 | But you can not expect the taxpayers to provide extra help for one-parent families unless someone tries to ensure that the money only goes to families which really do have only one parent in them . |
| 27 | In return it tries to ensure that the quality of life at each of the four campuses offers a rewarding , pleasurable and fulfilling experience to each member of the student community . |
| 28 | So Tottie tries to ensure that the baby will come early or late , helped by an unsuspecting neighbour called Mrs Bottom . |
| 29 | It is the most reliable method available for trying to ensure that the principles of community care policy agreed by the health authority — community presence , community participation , competence , respect and choice — are actually made available to the users of a service . |
| 30 | First , it is appropriate for those working with a child to try to communicate at the right level ; this means introducing language structures with which the child is already familiar and trying to ensure that the content of conversations is appropriate to the child 's ability to understand and to her interests . |