Example sentences of "[adv] [art] role [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used ceremonial occasions to launch scathing attacks on conservatives and took on the role of the spokesman of all Hungarians , inside and outside the country . |
| 2 | Back in America , Chaka Khan and Ce Ce Peniston offer very different takes on the role of the soul diva . |
| 3 | If anyone was to take on the role of the state police it would be the Metropolitan Police Force who have got experts and if say something happened in Manchester like an I R A bombers left some bombs in Manchester , experts from the Metropolitan Police would go to Manchester to help out , they 're what 's known as the Anti-Terrorist Squad |
| 4 | Stations everywhere took on the role of the Tabard Inn at Southwark , where Chaucer 's pilgrims assembled for their journey to Canterbury . |
| 5 | Well I do n't think you can expect the County Council and the structure plan authority to have an idea of where the allocations are going because that would be taking on the role of the local plan preparation authority . |
| 6 | The teacher will take on the role of the merman , but asks the children : " How do you want me to look ? |
| 7 | I take on the role of the mayor to ask — " What on earth has been causing all this damage ? " |
| 8 | Or perhaps the teacher takes on the role of the Pied Piper and tells the class ( still as townspeople ) that they can write letters to their children ( out of role the teacher could suggest these might be in code ) ; the drama might focus on negotiations between the townspeople and the Pied Piper . |
| 9 | Rather the role of the Holy Spirit is to heighten their awareness of the problem and enable them to identify with those to whom they are called to speak . |
| 10 | Kádár was fairly liberal in that respect , so long as a few taboos were respected , especially the role of the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | To prove this , he turned down the role of the American archaeologist in Ingmar Bergman 's The Touch , because the shooting would coincide with the birth of his child . |
| 12 | There has been ( and there may still be ) a tendency to run down the role of the European nobility in the wars so characteristic of the late Middle Ages . |
| 13 | And it did seem to me that in the light of , erm , of the single regeneration budget , on the light of the need to be developing a regeneration strategy for Shropshire , perhaps the role of the County Council in this affair should actually be , er , as , as the local government for the county , should be to look at preparing a , a regeneration strategy for the whole county , at which the work that we do to economic development is one of the pillars of support as is the work that the districts do is another pillar of support , as is the work of the R D C and the objective five programme , and all the various other bodies that are involved in , in economic development and similar activities in . |
| 14 | In the rural areas of Wales and Scotland the tradition of non-partisan elections continues in some areas , but even so the role of the parties has been growing consistently since local government reorganisation ( Gyford and James 1983:2 ; Keating and Midwinter 1983 ; 107 — 13 ) . |
| 15 | So the role of the civil service expands not merely because ministers are overwhelmed with work but because Parliament is also . |
| 16 | So the role of the federal government in financing the states has increased immensely and you might think that carries with it certain political implications and it does , but it 's important to understand how small this is compared to the total picture . |
| 17 | Accordingly , the research is examining not only the role of the Engineering Council and professional institutions , but also the relationships among these bodies , the problems of leadership within them , the motivation of the leadership and the role of other organisations within the engineering field . |
| 18 | In addition the investigator examines critically the role of the devolved government which operated in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972 . |
| 19 | Thus the role of the coach is not to hand out advice passively but to act as a partner and a catalyst . |
| 20 | Thus the role of the expert emerges in public enquiry debates , besides the creation of Public Relations Officers to handle such matters . |
| 21 | Thus the role of the central team is one of facilitation : the provision of resources , consultancy , practical assistance and co-ordination . |
| 22 | Thus the role of the school in promoting economic change was stated , but little debated , and reference was never made to studies which showed the difficulties of such a role . |
| 23 | Thus the role of the state was to provide the economic , legal and administrative infrastructure ; ensure adequate supplies of labour resources through education , health and welfare ; and maintain the working of the market system . |
| 24 | It is at this point that the women are introduced into the story to take over the role of the disciples . |
| 25 | As early as 1788 the Marylebone Cricket Club revised the laws of the game , thus taking over the role of the celebrated Hambledon Club . |
| 26 | On August 11th , long-serving press relations officer at Sun Microsystems UK Ltd , Ellie Pendrich , is moving over to become European marketing and communications manager for SunPro , one of the SunTech enterprises : Alison Dendy takes over the role for the time being . |
| 27 | David Birney took over the role in the TV series . |
| 28 | Specifically , it is not the role of the GMC to decide medical controversies . |
| 29 | Of import to my argument here , however , is not the role of the Jews in the Early Modern period , but in the modernity , here conceived as modernism , of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 30 | As I have already said , day-to-day planning control is for local planning authorities and it is not the role of the Secretary of State to become involved in that as a general rule . |