Example sentences of "a role in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One night I was there , before the start of the film , a young man leaped onto the stage and announced that he was an unemployed actor looking for a role in a movie . |
| 2 | There are also rumours that she may take a role in a film directed by David Lynch 's daughter Jennifer , which promises to make Blue Velvet look positively staid . |
| 3 | More positively , from South Africa comes the observation that music 's power to unite must give it a role in a country where at least twelve languages are spoken . |
| 4 | The former Pakistani Foreign Minister , Agha Shahi , suggested similarly in December 1984 that the strict non-alignment of the countries spanning the Persian Gulf and South Asian regions , together with American willingness to concede the Soviet Union a role in a comprehensive Middle East settlement , might create a situation congenial to the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan . |
| 5 | In his life of Richard III Thomas More noted how The Duke of Buckingham in offering the crown to Richard in 1484 at Baynard 's Castle assumed a role in a staged presentation in which Richard feigned reluctance in accepting the offer of kingship . |
| 6 | From there it is a comparatively small step for you to take on a role in a piece of forum theatre , and then on to working in role with the whole class . |
| 7 | There was a pause as if he had said more than he had intended , and , not wanting to probe , she went on , ‘ After drama school I landed a role in a long-running West End farce , as the dumb blonde — because of my looks , I suppose . |
| 8 | As the church owned and managed the majority of the schools its faithful attended , and had a role in the management of the bulk of the remainder , the Roman catholic laity were left mainly on the receiving end of the educational policy thus legitimated . |
| 9 | The Festival also plays a role in the artistic renaissance of Birmingham , a profile confirmed by the continuing success of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra , under its Artistic Director , Simon Rattle , the recent move of both the Birmingham Royal Ballet ( formerly Sadler 's Wells Royal Ballet ) and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company to Birmingham , the newly launched ‘ Towards The Millennium ’ annual arts Festival and the Arts Council of Great Britain 's invitation to Birmingham to launch Arts 2000 , as the UK City of Music in 1992 . |
| 10 | Seven of the top 10 places in the table went to banks which had a role in the BAT bid . |
| 11 | ‘ If this bank had played a role in the Hoylake/BAT battle it would have been top of the table , ’ said Philip Healey , editor of Acquisitions Monthly . |
| 12 | President Najibullah , like most Afghan officials , was cool about a possible role for ex-King Zahir Shah in any settlement : ‘ For all forces who can play a role in the peace mechanism , the door is open directly to Kabul airport . |
| 13 | Can men of good will play a role in the making of peace ? |
| 14 | In 1982 he landed a role in the musical Destry Rides Again , and met Jill Gascoine.He was an unknown ; she was a TV star . |
| 15 | It was when she was in London that Audrey won a role in the 1951 film Monte Carlo Baby . |
| 16 | The body clock plays a role in the complex changes that occur at puberty . |
| 17 | His full support for the anti-Saddam coalition has not been universally popular : hence his latest diplomatic effort , which he must hope will still redound to his credit and give the Soviet Union a useful base on which to build a role in the post-war Middle East . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd like to play a role in the Lords sometime but I 'll have to wait and see if anyone thinks I 'd be useful there now . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Bonfield also disclosed that , following initial hostility , ICL had been given a role in the European Community 's advanced communications programme after reassuring critics that the technology flow with Fujitsu would be two-way . |
| 20 | It was only just to give Mr Heseltine , who played so prominent a role in the Tory victory , the job he so much wanted as Industry Secretary . |
| 21 | Thus Poland , which had played so important a role in the debates on the national question , slipped into independence by courtesy of German arms without playing any role in a revolution in Germany or in Russia . |
| 22 | With England once more stabilized , it could now afford to look beyond its own divisions and take a role in the affairs of Europe . |
| 23 | But many parents are unwilling or unable to accept such a role in the moral or religious education of their children . |
| 24 | This finding , albeit in very small numbers , would seem to suggest that reduced prostacyclin production may not have a role in the development of microvascular disease . |
| 25 | Consequently , since the substitutes too are expected to play a role in the manumission ( owing to the general clause ) , it is reasonable to assume that the testator did not intend it to apply to their case too . |
| 26 | However , we will show that the mental model plays a role in the interpretation of anaphors that ought , according to the linguistic theory , to be interpreted with reference to a superficial representation only , and vice versa . |
| 27 | However , we have shown that mental models have a role in the interpretation of ellipses , and that a surface representation is used to interpret pronouns . |
| 28 | Furthermore , absence of pain during cutting ( see below ) raises the possibility that endorphins have a role in the phenomenon . |
| 29 | In contrast , his stage work included a role in The Sound of Music on Broadway in 1961 , in which the baby-faced 22-year-old sang ‘ Sixteen Going On Seventeen ’ to Laurie Peters , who was to become his wife , and Romeo and Ariel at the California National Shakespeare Festival . |
| 30 | Furthermore , as participants in the learning/teaching operation , pupils have a role in the evaluation process , as I pointed out earlier . |