Example sentences of "ensure that [pers pn] do [adv] " in BNC.

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1 This will ensure that they do n't sink to the bottom during cooking .
2 Parents should ensure that they do not encourage persistent disobedience by rewarding bad behaviour .
3 This means that data users , when they register , must state all the purposes for which the data are likely to be used , and they must then ensure that they do not use the data in any other ways .
4 But the build-up will ensure that they do well when the fighting starts .
5 So how can we ensure that we do n't fall victim to the cheque cheats ?
6 Let us ensure that we do not try to make ourselves look better than we really are by humiliating others .
7 The Minister for Arts , Richard Luce , speaking at the Library Association Members ' Day in 1987 , remarked , ‘ We must ensure that we do not lose sight of our main objective .
8 It will ensure that we do not waste time purely trying to show the Opposition 's strength in delaying tactics , which gets nobody anywhere .
9 client acknowledgement : normally , the client should be requested to confirm the terms of engagement by signing and returning a copy of the engagement letter ; if this is the case , we must ensure that we do not commence work until the signed copy is on file .
10 We are not , of course , and we must ensure that we do not become one .
11 Thus if you go through a drill of vital actions , or check-list each time , you will ensure that you do not forget any item .
12 Although we must respond to the offence , we must avoid the ’ Something must be done ’ syndrome and ensure that we do not lash out wildly in some public relations exercise .
13 Ensure that they do n't dry out .
14 I would ask that all caring readers of PFK ensure that they do not buy these ‘ dyed ’ fish and encourage this abominable practice .
15 The list will thus serve to jog your memory and ensure that you do not overlook significant items .
16 These programs ensure that you do n't get font clashes and also often provide other management routines such as font compression .
17 In their ambivalence , their way of asking often ensures that they do not get the closeness they say they want .
18 Finally , delegation ensures that you do not fall into the fatal trap of trying to become or seem indispensable .
19 This ensures that you do not lose observations made during a costly experiment .
20 We also need to ensure that we do not ignore the importance of talk for bilingual pupils because of our own inability to speak a particular language .
21 I hope that he will find it possible to allow extra ranks to be recruited all the way along the line — not only at the most junior level — to ensure that we do not lose those very able people .
22 Well , you wo n't be able to do that until we do consider the , I mean , but , the reason I referred to page seventy-nine , is to ensure that we do not repeat ourselves , and that those of us on the sub-committee , remember what we said then , and decide whether we want to repeat that .
23 ‘ We are keen to ensure that we do n't promise more than we can deliver .
24 regularly validating lists to ensure that they do not contain the names of patients no longer requiring treatment ;
25 structural changes to the social and health services brought about by the NHS and Community Care Act and changes to GP contracts are monitored to ensure that they do not adversely affect older people ;
26 And , as I shall explain more fully in Chapter 2 , it is quite possible to ensure that they do not suffer in any way at all , whether mentally , physically or emotionally .
27 Blaina always felt that they had the ability to go up last season so , to ensure that they do not miss out a second time , a new team manager was recruited and given the task of harnessing the club 's talent .
28 Firms are divided over proposals requiring audit partners to be rotated every seven years to ensure that they do not develop too cosy a relationship with their clients .
29 Care should be taken with punishers to ensure that they do not become rewarding .
30 Subsequent treaty commitments are no defence to non-performance of the obligations of an earlier treaty ; States are expected to ensure that they do not enter into conflicting treaty arrangements .
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