Example sentences of "play a crucial role in " in BNC.

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1 The Esk Valley or Cambrian Coast lines , for example , play a crucial role in school transport .
2 There is , in fact , a complex network of gene interactions , the product of one gene controlling the activity of others which involves an intimate relationship between nucleus and cytoplasm , because cytoplasmic signals play a crucial role in controlling transcription and thus determining whether genes are on or off .
3 Factors such as temperature and acidity play a crucial role in determining how well the process works .
4 A word ought here to be said about supernovae , since they play a crucial role in the creation of planets and of life itself .
5 They are fine men and they play a crucial role in the creative life of this magazine .
6 In recent years there has been a steady accumulation of evidence that personality and allied affective factors play a crucial role in determining subject choice and student success .
7 For example , in Third World countries women play a crucial role in farming but this was certainly not the impression which would be gained from the books .
8 Our results are consistent with previous studies in T-cell-deficient nude mice suggesting that class II + epithelial cells play a crucial role in T-cell development and with an earlier report showing that fetal day-12 thymic anlage stripped of their mesenchymal capsule fail to support lymphocyte development .
9 Here also banks play a crucial role in advising on the scale or timing of issues but perhaps even more important in the Japanese context , in assisting the allocation of shares .
10 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
11 Gordon Grant , for example , suggests that CMHTs play a crucial role in assisting the development of voluntary sector services , although he is cautious about the ability of teams to unlock " an unlimited capacity for care amongst voluntary groups or family carers The developmental function here clearly picks up on the prominence given to the involvement of voluntary groups and parents in the service planning process in Wales , where Grant and his colleagues are monitoring aspects of the All-Wales Strategy .
12 Telecommunications play a crucial role in information technology .
13 Though the system has now been modified for some years , local authorities still play a crucial role in the shaping of the local environment by , for example , forecasting the need for roads for travel to work or leisure , and thus plan on the basis of that need Planners seek to influence behaviour , for example , by deciding that particular zones will be devoted to industrial estates , others to shopping centres and residential use in order to harmonise traffic movement and so on .
14 Armstrong and MeGee ( 1985 ) , for example , show how cities in Asia and Latin America play a crucial role in the dissemination of ‘ Western ’ cultural values , particularly the philosophy of consumerism , and the central functions of the TNCs in this .
15 These co-ordinators have been nominated by departments and they play a crucial role in communications between the Departments and the Enterprise Centre .
16 Karst scenery is not entirely , or in many cases even primarily , a product of weathering since fluvial processes play a crucial role in its development .
17 It is obvious , then , that the discount houses play a crucial role in the UK monetary system .
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