Sentences with phrase «at making sure»

We strive at making sure our pups are well adjusted and socialized with children of all ages and with other pets.

The best bet at making sure you get the highest reward possible from your spending is keeping things super simple.

This certification is aimed at making sure the company is not involved in fraud or other serious criminal or civil violations.

«If you don't have an email list, what you can do is you can do the tough work at making sure that you're connecting with bloggers.

I think I'm a publishing - savvy guy, but my agent is skilled at making sure contracts as as favorable as possible, and has also negotiated enough extra money to more than cover what I pay her.

What you see is six years of work at making sure I would never be unfound.

The updated Range Rover took pride of place as did the I - Pace and an I - Pace racer, both of which will be aimed at making sure the electric SUV stays in the forefront of people's mind ahead of its on - sale date next year.

Moody was helpful and did a great job at making sure I was content with the deal.

was wonderful at making sure that everything was ready to go when I got there.

Particularly when scholars come from a community college, our Success Advisers have become adept at making sure they get and stay on track in the university setting.

In Washington State, districts will only have to aim at making sure that 60 percent of black middle schoolers are proficient in reading, according to its No Child waiver request.

The Gluten - freevolution is aimed at making sure everyone on a gluten - free diet can find something safe and suitable to eat, with a specific focus on public service catering in schools and academies.

They have also become devastatingly good at making sure the children of other classes have limited chances to join their ranks.»

Brooks takes up his pen to offer a stinging rebuke: Members of the college - educated class, he writes, «have become amazingly good at making sure their children retain their privileged status.

When President Bush released his spending plan for fiscal 2007 last week, his administration simultaneously unveiled a new Internet site that officials say is aimed at making sure taxpayers know how well, or how poorly, federal programs are working.

Unlike the judiciary, legislative and executive bodies might also have the capacity to consider, alongside resource investments, innovations aimed at making sure those resources are used effectively.

The latest case in point: Oklahoma's newly enacted Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act, a statute supporters say is simply aimed at making sure that educators have clear rules to guide them when students bring up religion in the course of schoolwork or classroom discussions.

Now that we have a national curriculum, I do wonder whether rather than relying so heavily on NAPLAN it would be better to look at making sure that we perhaps increase moderation and get more consistency around the assessments that we use within our schools to assess the outcomes of the curriculum that the school students are working on, and perhaps look at report card data and at strengthening some of those things.

Fortunately, the AI is pretty good at making sure your attacks are distributed in at least a semi-organized manner, so it's rarely a major hassle.

Super Troopers 2 elicits chuckles here and there, and a few laugh - out - loud moments, but the overall impression is of actors working harder at amusing themselves than at making sure we're amused too.

These tips are aimed at making sure you have the best possible time while searching for someone special.

He said he felt in his element at these events — he was attuned to the needs of the guests and skilled at making sure everyone had a good time.

We work very hard at making sure our parties work for you, which is why you will find we sometimes offer dating games and icebreakers.

Each park, resort and shopping area is decorated to the nines and Disney spares no expense at making sure their resorts are as festive as can be.

Conventional medicine is great at making sure you don't die, but its triage approach — waiting for an emergency or severe symptoms to diagnose and treat advanced illness — has nothing to do with improving your health and quality of life today.

My guest question today is from Diana and she is doing amazing at making sure she's getting all the protein in at each meal on a plant based diet which can be more of a challenge - not impossible - but you do need to focus to get what you need.

What follows from this point on is a ton of useful information aimed at making sure all of the above goes exactly as planned.

The Senate wants to give NSF $ 750,000 so that the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) can study the impact of the new criteria, which help legislators measure if NSF is meeting a 1993 law aimed at making sure agencies spend tax dollars wisely.

Foxx also described a series of initiatives aimed at making sure government regulations kept up with the technology.

«In my case, it's also helped that I've been very good at making sure my career is part of my life — and not the other way around.»

ANDREW LANSLEY: Yes, I think he was right because the authority of parliament frankly has been brought in to crisis point and that authority needs to be re-established not just in relation to the Speaker, but in so many other ways, which is why tomorrow for example, the scrutiny panel that David Cameron has established, that is going to be looking not only at making sure that everything we do is transparent and reasonable in the future on clear, unambiguous rules, but we are going to look back, as indeed we've done in the Shadow Cabinet and said, it's not about whether we were within the rules, it's not about whether it was legitimate, it's actually about whether we have done something which is unreasonable, which the public would not regard as acceptable and that, that test, that tougher test is one we've applied to ourselves and we will apply throughout the Conservative Parliamentary Party.

In the poll, 67 % said Cuomo would be more effective than de Blasio at making sure New York City's interests are well represented with Republicans in charge of the White House and Congress.

Governor Andrew Cuomo gives his State of the State address on Wednesday (on WXXI Radio & TV at 1 p.m.), with one of his proposals aimed at making sure students are well - nourished.

It would be our single best shot at making sure working families» issues are front and center in the national political debate,» Mr. Lipton wrote in the e-mail to supporters.

«I'm still looking at making sure we have a dedicated funding stream, that the money is there.

Then with TV it matters what your candidate looks like... Anybody can fake it on TV: all the Joe Trippis and Alastair Campbells get really good at making sure our guy looks great for the eight seconds that are actually going on the news.

Sheldon Silver was very adept at making sure his friends and allies occupied the seats that opened up in the State Legislature, and it helped him stay in power for 20 years.

«We spent a lot of time at the hospital, and though we only needed the Ronald McDonald House a few times, it doesn't matter — if you need them one time or ten, they are wonderful at making sure you have what you need.

«I'd like to see the state acknowledge that women want this service and look at making sure we have very qualified people, so people don't do it underground,» Koster said.

If something is found, going through pregnancy - safe treatments may be her best shot at making sure that things don't get any worse.

Obviously, this misinformation is aimed at making sure teenage girls and young adult women have the ability to family plan and avoid unwanted pregnancy, but it has led many women into deeply misunderstanding their own body and menstruation cycle.

Always just kicked off a campaign aimed at making sure «girls everywhere keep their confidence throughout puberty and beyond.»

I also know that they were exceedingly expert at making sure no one interrupted me, gently guiding traffic to come back another time, and directing any telephone callers that I was «in a meeting.»

Clarendon Hills — Park officials are considering a land / cash - donation ordinance aimed at making sure the Park District benefits from new developments.

We're pretty good at making sure the tags needed to stick something in there actually get placed on stuff.

I'm better at making sure Timothy gets some healthy food in him than I am myself.

Please do a better job at making sure it is known that christianity was created by primitives that wiped their butt holes with their left hands.

The genius of our society is not in its abandonment of censorship but in its institutional arrangements aimed at making sure that assessing and overseeing will be done in a way that is democratically accountable.

Something on the wrist that was really good and simple at making sure they took their medicines, or at least reminding them to do it, could make a big difference.

At Bentley University, this summer marks the school's first Job Boot Camp for graduates, a four - day intensive workshop held a few weeks after graduation aimed at making sure students land jobs.