Example sentences of "play a part [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The past also played a part at the Communist Party 's congress . |
| 2 | Goria , a former prime minister , resigned over persistent rumours he played a part in the 1976 collapse of a small bank in the northern town of Asti . |
| 3 | From 1567 this house belonged to Sixt of Ottersdorf who , as Chancellor of the Old Town , played a part in the anti-Habsburg uprising of 1547 . |
| 4 | Its small size suggests that it was a so-called ‘ satellite ’ pyramid which probably played a part in the ritual entombment of the pharaoh , although the lack of remains found in satellite pyramids have made it difficult to determine their function . |
| 5 | This must surely indicate that the site played a part in the Roman advance into the Welsh marches , and that the town owed its origins to an early military presence . |
| 6 | So chance played a part in the mass murder , did it ? |
| 7 | One of the mechanisms postulated to play a part in the anti-tumour effect of cimetidine is immunomodulation mediated by the inhibition of suppressor T cell activity , an increase in interleukin 2 production inhelper T cells , and an enhancement of natural killer cell activity . |
| 8 | Such a connection between newspapers and political parties is only to be expected ; newspapers have traditionally wished to play a part in the political system and have never been reluctant to express a view ( ‘ The Sun says ’ ) on the ways of the world . |
| 9 | However , it seems that the technology is not right at the moment in economic terms to fill the gap and to play a part in the crucial current round of negotiations in which the future of the coal industry in the next three to four years is the most important issue . |
| 10 | The churches need to be able to play a part in the moral education of people , in so far as it is possible , and one way is through schools . |
| 11 | Defective cell adhesion has long been thought to play a part in the invasive and metastatic behaviour of neoplastic cells . |
| 12 | If a teacher at the time of appointment has agreed to play a part in the larger framework and in the long-term plan for a school , the head will after a time weigh up the capacity of the new colleague to add his or her contribution to the larger task . |
| 13 | The significance of an offer of compensation is that it may be taken as a token of the defendant 's remorse , and that it redresses the private loss of the victim , and to that extent and no other it plays a part in the sentencing exercise . |
| 14 | Platelet activating factor plays a part in the mucosal injury of the gastrointestinal tract in anomals . |
| 15 | Every person each plays a part in the familial deterioration , but no one can , ‘ help the things life has done to us . |
| 16 | Although stratospheric ozone losses following volcanic eruptions are generally attributed to the presence of sulphate aerosol , we present model calculations which demonstrate that gas-phase sulphur chemistry may have played a part in the tropical ozone perturbations that followed the Pinatubo eruption . |
| 17 | EVERYONE who has played a part in the remarkable reduction in the number of deaths due to drink-driving deserves to be congratulated . |
| 18 | Its leader was Miloš Obrenović , a man who had played a part in the Karadjordje revolt , but who had remained in Serbia when many of the leaders of the first rising had fled across the river to Austrian territory . |
| 19 | I would like to emphasize that erm the Greater York authorities have n't lightly arrived at erm the strategy for a new settlement , er we have been driven to it by a very careful examination of the development possibilities , firstly around the edge of York , and secondly around the various villages , we know these areas erm intimately from our day to day planning work , and on two occasions , once in connection with the Greater York study , and secondly in connection with drawing detailed greenbelt boundaries we have tramped around the edges of all these settlements and looked very carefully at the possibilities for development , erm the possibilities have been taken up in the development equation , which the County Council has put in front of you , which does still include er some development around villages and around the edge of the city without harming greenbelt , but we do n't really think we can go much further , and that 's what has driven us to the conclusion that er a new settlement must play a part in the longer term development equation for Greater York . |
| 20 | At several sites surprising species such as centuary ( Centaurium erythraea ) and red bartsia ( Odontites verna ) , more associated with the countryside , play a part in the early stages of succession . |
| 21 | These data suggest that calcium fluxes play a part in the normal functioning of the rectum and colon and imply potential use in the treatment of this disease . |
| 22 | Many other factors — anatomical , behavioural and social — play a part in the continuing survival of the mountain goat . |
| 23 | It is important that UK companies play a part in the legislative process . |
| 24 | Finally , important solution forms are to be found in the Red Sea , a region of such aridity that the possibility of fresh water playing a part at the present time can be ignored . |