Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] part [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the patterned butterflies I used a small part of the leaf design . |
| 2 | In his own sons , Charlemagne 's fortunes were mixed : the eldest rebelled and was incarcerated ; the ambitions of the remaining three legitimate sons were contained when each received a substantial part of the empire to rule while Charlemagne remained in overall charge . |
| 3 | Although the court overturned a key part of the lower court decision , it ordered the trial court to consider other arguments in the case . |
| 4 | We were in a street , the street so wide and the houses so distant across the other side that it might not have been a street at all ; and the houses lay low with gaps between them , so that the sky filled a large part of the picture . |
| 5 | These procedures played a central part in the construction of the new English . |
| 6 | Until the autumn of 1976 , the £6 fiat-rate increase for wages and salaries below £8,500 , agreed by the TUC General Council by a narrow margin in July 1975 , held firm and clearly played a major part in the sharp reduction of inflation that year . |
| 7 | Cecil Menary had married into the large McAuley family which played a major part in the life of the Cabra congregation and in evangelical culture generally in the North Antrim area . |
| 8 | The conflict between the scientist 's idealism and the political pressures on Servan-Schreiber played a major part in the events leading to the departure of Papert last October . |
| 9 | MALTA 's steadfast defence during 1940 to 143 played a major part in the course of the war . |
| 10 | One simple factor played a major part in the calculations : time of day . |
| 11 | On their last visit here , in 1989 , Jones played a major part in the 4–0 Ashes triumph by scoring 566 runs , including centuries at Edgbaston and The Oval . |
| 12 | Despite such efforts , it is likely that abortion played a major part in the regulation of family size amongst the working class , especially in factory districts , where knowledge of abortifacient techniques was widespread . |
| 13 | Peasant protest , both in the countryside and among the rank and file in the army , played a major part in the revolution of 1905 . |
| 14 | Not only was the BDDA among them , but it played a major part in the revival of the NID . |
| 15 | Released after Simon 's great victory at Lewes ( 14 May ) , Peter was one of the council of nine imposed on the king ( June 1264 ) and thenceforth played a major part in the direction of central government . |
| 16 | Clarke thereby played a major part in the thrust towards international standardization that became so important in late nineteenth-century European science . |
| 17 | His vessel , the Foresight , played a major part in the taking of the huge East Indian carrack Madre de Dios , the richest single prize ever brought into an English port . |
| 18 | He played a major part in the administration of the national Antarctic expedition of 1901–4 led by R. F. Scott [ q.v. ] , and Mount Kempe in South Victoria Land was named in recognition of this . |
| 19 | Working class women 's groups and the Workers ' Birth Control Group , formed in 1924 , which played a major part in the struggle for access to birth control information , also found it impossible to ignore the maternalist framework in their campaign . |
| 20 | Kentish archers were considered among the finest in the country and it is not unlikely that archers from Halling were present with Lord Cobham during the Hundred Years War and also at Agincourt , where the archers of Kent were in the fore front and played a major part in the defeat of the French Cavalry . |
| 21 | They certainly played a major part in the history of the eastern Alps , the Carpathians and the Balkan Mountains , with widespread northerly thrusting of nappes . |
| 22 | It helped to bring the system into disrepute and played a major part in the eventual breakdown of the Plowden structure . |
| 23 | JCI played a major part in the early years of mining this precious metal and its group metals , but the technology for extraction of PGM 's from the ore became a considerable problem for all the mining companies . |
| 24 | Sigmund Freud did not overestimate the importance of sex in psychology , he simply showed that sex existed and played a major part in the psychological development of a human being and if suppressed could result in neurotic disorders . |
| 25 | She tackled any problems which arose with great tact and charm and also played a major part in the production of our Expansion Programme . |
| 26 | Lérins itself was important in two ways ; first it played a major part in the promotion of monastic ideals in Gaul , and second it trained a succession of bishops who made a substantial impact on the Gallo-Roman , and later Frankish , Church . |
| 27 | One of the kindest and most popular members of the board , which he served with distinction for some 20 years , Mr Scott played a major part in the gradual development of Goodison Park into one of the country 's finest grounds , and also led the battle against hooliganism from the front . |
| 28 | Historically it played a major part against the Saracens , and the old buildings in Rhodes town and the Acropolis in Lindos still remain . |
| 29 | I played a small part in the air war . |
| 30 | The appeal with this accompanying publicity played a useful part in the achievement of one million tons surplus as a result of the planting season of 1946 , earning not only welcome export currency but also considerable goodwill . |