Throughout the period of pregnancy many ritual festivities are held to ensure the pregnant mother's mental and physical well-being.

At the same time, regular informal meetings are also held to ensure partnership operates on a day to day level.

The most recent version allows material witnesses to be held to ensure the giving of their testimony in criminal proceedings or to a grand jury.

They are both being held to ensure that no one comes to execute them.

He says that she will be held to ensure that Rone does not reveal the truth about him.

Units provide uniform, bonds used to be held to ensure that they are returned, but this no longer occurs.

Discussions will be held on a regular basis to ensure that this increase is actually happening.

Hydrolysates are held and tested to ensure agent destruction before proceeding to secondary treatment.

That course was held to ensure the availability of junior and senior high school teachers.

A hunger strike was held in April 2011 to ensure that the new lines 5 & 6 would not open until the bridge was built.