Example sentences of "play a [adj] role in their " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Catania , where they played a vital role in their country 's successful bid for a place in next year 's World Sevens finals , the two Taiwanese stars , flanker Jon Teng Sing and winger Chyan Shuonn Mae , headed for Paris to join the multi-national FIRA selection which made a four-match , two-test tour to Namibia . |
| 2 | It was a decision that was later to play a large role in their downfall . |
| 3 | As class leaders as well as local preachers , persons of humble birth had the opportunity to play a responsible role in their communities . |
| 4 | Managers are now therefore far more likely to demand sophisticated computer applications and to play a leading role in their development and implementation . |
| 5 | People have fallen in love for stranger reasons , but music has obviously played a central role in their marriage . |
| 6 | It is rather the creation of new public spheres in which citizens , including media workers , can play a full role in their community , and in the community of communities . ’ |
| 7 | There graduate led businesses play a key role in their country 's economic success . |
| 8 | He was among the founders of the Association of Cricket Statisticians in 1973 , playing a prominent role in their series of publications on the players of each first-class county and producing the A to Z of Cricket Records in 1976 : ‘ I had seen a book on the football records and persuaded the publisher to try a similar volume on cricket records — not only listing them by explaining them . |
| 9 | This does not mean that women are reduced to merely playing a passive role in their initiation , a point made by Rosenbaum ( 1981 ) in her study of female addicts in the USA . |