Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] ensure [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first need is to try and ensure that the churchyard is looked after and kept tidy . |
| 2 | The Council has to try and ensure that the subject ‘ bits ’ of the curriculum form a coherent whole and somehow deliver the broad and balanced curriculum enshrined in the noble opening passages of the Act . |
| 3 | Now the Presbyterian Church as the Church of Scotland enjoys a unique place in Scottish life and its structures it has a privileged place but I would suggest to you it has also therefore a number of responsibilities and one , I would suggest in this case , is to try and ensure that these local regional teams are in place . |
| 4 | Since most of the money being offered was raised through Federal taxation , especially income tax , these mechanisms were being used to try and ensure that State governments did operate the welfare programmes seen as desirable by the Federal government ; if they did not , then their residents were paying taxes to Washington , but receiving relatively little in return . |
| 5 | 233 seems to be that if a wife signs a security document at her debtor husband 's request , the creditor will be unable to enforce the security unless either the debtor or the creditor has taken positive steps to try and ensure that the wife understands the import of the security documents or unless she has obtained independent advice . |
| 6 | In cases falling within this protected class , equity would hold the security given by the surety to be unenforceable by the creditor if : ( i ) the relationship between the debtor and the surety and the consequent likelihood of influence and reliance was known to the creditor ; and ( ii ) the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by undue influence or material misrepresentation on the part of the debtor or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction ; and ( iii ) the creditor , whether by leaving it to the debtor to deal with the surety or otherwise , had failed to take reasonable steps to try and ensure that the surety entered into the transaction with an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction and that the surety 's consent to the transaction was a true and informed one . |
| 7 | In these circumstances it is necessary to ask whether the bank took reasonable steps to try and ensure that she had an adequate comprehension of the effect of the charge . |
| 8 | The reasoned , the reasoned proposals which are contained in a very thought out amen which has in fact contains ideas submitted by many different people of different persuasions to try and ensure that ideas could be erm worked at solidly does break the endless delays . |
| 9 | The purpose of general management is to try and ensure that in the city that we are getting the best value we can from the health resources that are in the city , and I have the authority now , and the responsibility to spend the budget that I 've had allocated from the Oxfordshire Health Authority , by Gerald Simon who 's the general manager . |
| 10 | The purpose of community intervention is not simply to observe but to ensure that treatment is sustained for those whose illness , in terms of either severity or nature , warrants this . |
| 11 | However , when the company was considering the service and repair of machinery and was thinking of sending it abroad to Scandanavia , it was willing to listen and to ensure that the work was carried out in this country . |
| 12 | This gives a much bigger ‘ sweet spot ’ for the golfer to use and ensures that the effect of a slightly off-centre strike is minimised . |
| 13 | The ward staff should understand that the primary role of the clinical teacher is to teach and to ensure that the students obtain the maximum benefit from their ward allocation . |
| 14 | It is essential to spend sufficient time on preparation before going out to tender and to ensure that the allocation of risks between the parties is clearly stated in the contract documents . |
| 15 | Willis is at pains to point out , however , that this breaking of rules not only relies on having the rules there to break but ensures that ‘ the lads ’ condemn themselves to the worst jobs once they have left school . |
| 16 | Accommodation should therefore be available both to assist them in the personal adjustments they will have to make and to ensure that at the outset they are suitably accommodated . |