Example sentences of "an important [noun sg] [verb] in the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Foam nonetheless can have an important part to play in the performance of a detergent . |
| 2 | Throughout my many years in the travel industry , I have always believed tourism has an important part to play in the spreading of understanding between countries , as well as being a catalyst for economic development . |
| 3 | New evidence suggests , however , that it has an important part to play in the lowering of harmful cholesterol . |
| 4 | In the fifteenth century , the freelance soldiers had an important part to play in the war . |
| 5 | Union members have an important part to play in the continued success of ’ next steps ’ . |
| 6 | In a similar way , simply asking children to draw a picture of what happened in their play is wasting an opportunity to move the drama forward and make the work purposeful : the picture could have an important part to play in the drama , in which case the quality of both the drama and the art work improves . |
| 7 | So , however young or old we may be , there is an important implication contained in the commandment . |
| 8 | The copper alloy bust of Amenemhat III ( 1843–1798 BC ) comes from an important group found in the Faiyum . |
| 9 | On January 21st President Bush held out an olive branch : some of the Arab countries supporting Iraq , he said , still had an important role to play in the future Middle East . |
| 10 | Dr. Aronstam believes that businessmen have an important role to play in the fight against AIDS . |
| 11 | By contrast , the new EXAFS studies show that modifying cations such as Na+ and Ca2+ have an important role to play in the structure of glass . |
| 12 | Thirty years ago Geoffrey Harris , working at the Maudsley Hospital in London , reasoned that the brain 's control of the pituitary must be exerted via hormones secreted into the bloodstream from the hypothalamus , a brain region with an important role to play in the regulation of many bodily functions . |
| 13 | There are also 121 autonomous local law societies , which have an important role to play in the formulation of policy by The Law Society . |
| 14 | Temporary work seems to have an important role to play in the transition from unemployment to employment . |
| 15 | As its name implies , the Via Militaris was a major line of communication for the Roman armies defending the eastern frontier , and as a stage in one of the links between Italy and Byzantium it already had an important role to play in the vital intercourse between the eastern and western halves of the empire . |
| 16 | When Bukharin , in his speech to the Sixth Congress , emphasised that the Latin American Communist parties ‘ had an important role to play in the development of national and agrarian revolutions ’ , Brazilian delegate Fernando Lacerna somewhat tartly pointed out that a Communist movement had existed in Latin America since 1920 but it was only in 1928 that ’ the Communist International [ had ] shown its interest in Latin America for the first time ’ ( La Correspondance Internationale ( organ of the Communist International ) , 1928 , in Alba : 1964 , p. 188 ) . |
| 17 | The solicitor has an important role to play in the committee process . |
| 18 | The honorary colonel system therefore has an important role to play in the British Army . |
| 19 | Although Napoleon was not much use on this occasion , the full-size skeleton has an important role to play in the future . |
| 20 | It could be that adult literacy is an important programme undertaken in the adult education budget . |