Example sentences of "play a [adj] role in this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SCS was to play a crucial role in this and future strike action . |
| 2 | Since 1970 industrial concentration has continued to increase and mergers have continued to play a major role in this process . |
| 3 | Secondly data structures are already beginning to come apart from use structures and GIS plays a central role in this . |
| 4 | ‘ As the clearest expression and most powerful instrument of European integration , the EC plays a pivotal role in this . ’ |
| 5 | In writings on the political economy of ageing , it has been suggested that twentieth-century society has deliberately promoted the marginalization and dependency of elderly people , and that the state has played a major role in this process . |
| 6 | The banks have played a central role in this industrial restructuring . |
| 7 | Founded in 1954 in Florida , the company has grown to become the world 's second largest chain of its kind and franchising has played a crucial role in this development . |
| 8 | The British Section refugee office has played a leading role in this area of work , processing some 4,000 cases since 1980 . |
| 9 | The Gas Turbine division has also played a leading role in this area and is pioneering the concept of total maintenance [ health care ] contracts for critical power packs both on and offshore . |
| 10 | Nowadays , computers can play a crucial role in this . |
| 11 | As Senior Clinical Research Associate you will play a key role in this pioneering phase , assisting in the design and implementation of programmes for clinical research and advising on the establishment of standard operating procedures to set the foundation for the future . |
| 12 | Our principal concern , in the present context , is to consider how conflicts between social groups develop within the limits of given structural conditions , how such conflicts bring about political change , and what kinds of social group play a major role in this process . |
| 13 | If we assume that accountants play a passive role in this , namely that they provide only what is expressly requested , then we build our accounting theory on that . |
| 14 | And the technical qualities of the mass media play a crucial role in this , becoming ‘ an independent constituent … of the total operation of musical production ’ ( ibid : 236 ) as well as guaranteeing |
| 15 | It hardly needs to be said that Tories are capitalists , and therefore to a woman ( Tory women playing a significant role in this ) subscribe to the view that the dominance of heterosexuality , notably the White Heterosexual Family , is to be preserved come hell or high water . |