Example sentences of "[adj] part [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a dedicated PE teacher he played an outstanding part in developing Hawick as a wonderful rugby club and , more than that , his contribution to the image of the game is unsurpassed . |
| 2 | Every instrument , however unimportant it may seem , must play a definite part in reinforcing the main lines of the texture . |
| 3 | The unit credit should in our view contain , or be accompanied by , such diagnostic and self-assessment materials , which can be made known to parents so that they can play a more informed and supportive part in promoting the education of their children . |
| 4 | Others therefore argued that improved housing would bring financial benefits by lessening the number of the ‘ dangerous classes ’ and allowing the rest ‘ to play their proper part in increasing the sum of general wealth and general happiness ’ . |
| 5 | It is perhaps less obvious why both of them Polybius and Posidonius — should have played such a conspicuous part in exploring the barbarian West and in making it more easily accessible to the Romans . |
| 6 | That was a crucial part of turning the Royal Family into no more than a diversion for the public . |
| 7 | Testing is a crucial part of ensuring that we know what quality of education our young people are achieving , so that if a satisfactory level is not reached , appropriate action can be taken . |
| 8 | Performance pay will play a crucial part in delivering the citizens charter programme . |
| 9 | Heads played a crucial part in developing such a culture , but it was sustained by other leaders ( especially deputies ) and by active participation of staff members . |
| 10 | Second , in vitro experiments have shown that the balance between the transcriptional activator IRF-1 and its antagonistic repressor , IRF-2 , plays a crucial part in controlling cell growth . |
| 11 | Played a crucial part in setting up a network of anti-tobacco organisations to campaign in the most effective way possible for a ban on tobacco advertising |
| 12 | There is much to suggest , yet little to confirm , that poor performance in these areas has played a crucial part in affecting the overall performance of the economy . |
| 13 | Population pressure , along with vagaries of climate and terrain , and geographical location , have strongly influenced Japan 's relations with the outside world over the last 150 years and have played a crucial part in shaping Japan 's evolution for much longer . |
| 14 | The theory that success breeds success is particularly appropriate to the rise of headhunting : the early searches played a crucial part in promoting the concept of executive search as a necessary tool of modern business , acceptable in even the most conservative American Boardrooms . |
| 15 | For if they vote with John Major next Wednesday , they will have played a crucial part in giving him a fresh mandate to break his election promises . ’ |
| 16 | More importantly , this interaction is now playing a crucial part in excluding the underclass from the mainstream of society . |
| 17 | Cutting the value of , or abolishing national insurance benefits , and a much increased reliance on means-tested assistance , has played a crucial part in trapping the underclass into long-term dependency , although such an outcome is in stark contradiction to the Government 's stated long-term objectives . |
| 18 | So , while the stock market boom has played a crucial part in entrenching the wealth position of those who own most , the spread of owner-occupation , coupled with the rapid rise in house prices , has been largely responsible for extending the scope of capital ownership to well over 60 per cent of the population . |
| 19 | If anybody thinks that foxhunting plays any real part in controlling the fox problem , they are mistaken . |
| 20 | As this institution has now become purely a slanging match ( unfortunately the only time guaranteed to attract a full complement of Members ) , how can it possibly be taken as a serious part of governing the country . |
| 21 | To return to football hooliganism in Britain itself , it is clear that the existence of ‘ ends ’ at football grounds all over the country plays a central part in maintaining working-class boys ' street-based culture . |
| 22 | The Labour Party , which had played a central part in achieving educational change through Circular 10/65 ( see page 15 ) , had become more and more doubtful about the political wisdom of some of the changes it had itself pioneered . |
| 23 | Not only does the rhythm fit with what the poet is saying , it plays its own central part in creating the mood and meaning of the poem . |
| 24 | Recurrent bursts of petitioning on an ever larger scale played a central part in developing and maintaining the dynamic of anti-slave trade agitation up to 1792 and of the emancipation campaign from 1823 . |
| 25 | It has also played a central part in promoting management education in Wales : in 1977 it was designated as the Regional Management Centre for the Principality . |
| 26 | It would seem fair to conclude that while for the bulk of the population Hitler 's image was no doubt related in an abstract fashion to finding a ‘ solution to the Jewish Question ’ , this was an issue which people either gave little thought to or deliberately turned their minds from , and that , correspondingly , Hitler 's public attacks on the Jews were something absorbed with little deliberation , forming no central part in explaining either the high peaks of his popularity or the collapse of the ‘ Führer myth ’ in the last years of the war . |
| 27 | Whatever the reasons , Fitzthomas played a central part in committing London to the cause of Simon of Montfort between 1263 and 1265 . |
| 28 | He had , after all , played a prominent part in destroying the Lloyd George coalition fourteen months before , and had no wish to be involved in another one . |
| 29 | Japanese car makers have mostly played an altogether less prominent part in bringing car safety to the forefront of public attention . |
| 30 | Although British statesmen had played a prominent part in bringing these organisations into being , the United Kingdom did not become a founder member and later approaches to join were either ineffective or rebuffed . |