It is obvious however that such expectation is implicitly based on the existence of some cause capable of ensuring the result.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
I told him everything, and that it was his duty to make some reparation at least by providing for the lady's needs, and ensuring that she should not want in the future.
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn
This is the only method of ensuring those who give you orders treating you as a crafts-woman and not a mere ordinary work-woman.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann