Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a part in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be a matter of good timing — and timing as well as luck plays a part in working with nationals . |
| 2 | The processes underlying habituation training will presumably go on during distinctiveness training and thus , if we accept the interpretation of habituation discussed in Chapter 2 , we must also accept the possibility that stimulus differentiation plays a part in acquired distinctiveness . |
| 3 | Although the very long-term future plays a part in present thinking ( for example , concern about the burden which present promises of pension levels may impose on future generations of working age ) , it is the shorter-term prospects — from now until the end of the century — which mainly concern policy-makers , the caring professions , informal carers of infirm elderly people , and older people themselves . |
| 4 | Each Department plays a part in creating a stimulating environment where creativity and enterprise are valued and encouraged and where a sense of internationalism is evident in all areas of work . |
| 5 | Each employee plays a part in taking the product from its beginnings as raw PVC to flooring installed at the customer 's premises . |
| 6 | True faith is not simply about thinking the right thoughts — although right thinking plays a part in our faith . |
| 7 | But again , he does not mean by this to reduce religion to emotion , though he is clear that emotion plays a part in it . |
| 8 | Only five said religion played a part in their lives . |
| 9 | These books played a part in establishing a sense of historical continuity in the feminist movement , and they helped to rescue the constitutionalist women 's suffrage movement from the oblivion to which it was in danger of being consigned by the more flamboyant reputation of Emmeline Pankhurst [ q.v . ] . |
| 10 | They showed how the organization of the schools played a part in the failure of certain pupils , and how the institution of streaming was actually helping to produce the very attitudes which led to the failure of children placed in the lower streams ( Burgess 1988 ) . |
| 11 | There is also a possibility that the River Yeo had been artificially straightened in places in Roman times , suggesting that river transportation played a part in the life of the settlement . |
| 12 | Paisley played a part in the Ulster Workers Council but , like the other politicians , he had had to be forced by the workers ' action in starting the strike despite his reservations . |
| 13 | He said the Government was considering allowing councillors from each of the three districts within Powys to play a part in local services . |
| 14 | Two metabolic steps play a part in platelet activating factor biosynthesis : firstly , phospholipase A 2 acts on membrane choline containing alkyl phospholipids such as alkyl-acyl-glycerophosphocholine ( AAGPC ) resulting in the production of lyso platelet activating factor , that is — 1-O-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine ; secondly , this lyso platelet activating factor is acetylated by an acetyltransferase to yield the biologically active molecule . |
| 15 | The fact that March sales worsened not only year-on-year , but compared with February , suggests the election played a part in the decline , the CBI says . |
| 16 | Each faculty plays a part in organizing courses and the programme ranges from Microelectronics , Civil Engineering and Building Technology to Yoga , Olympic Gymnastics and modern languages . |
| 17 | In this connection , it is assumed that a sufficiently positive association between peptic ulceration and the allele of a defined genetic locus indicates that the genetic trait plays a part in the pathogenesis of the ulceration . |
| 18 | The Boards ' own contracting services and the customer canvassing activities of their salesmen played a part in remedying this situation ; and in most new houses ‘ ring ’ mains , with a range of socket outlets and the new standard 13 amp fused plugs , became the norm . |
| 19 | It is important that UK companies play a part in the legislative process . |
| 20 | Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper were to co-star and Nicholson wrote a part in it for himself but Corman refused to cast him and Bruce Dern played the role instead . |
| 21 | In British culture this would make conversation very difficult as the extent and direction of gaze between people in a group plays a part in regulating their conversation and signalling who will speak next ( turntaking ) . |
| 22 | Eventually the actor got a part in Lassie . |
| 23 | Most doctors agree that diet plays a part in prevention of heart disease — less animal fats and more fibre are thought best — as discussed earlier . |
| 24 | Greed played a part in such expropriations : by governments for the profits from land sales or other income , by landlords , settlers or speculators for estates easily and cheaply acquired . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | This is an intriguing notion in many ways ; and it may well be , indeed , that evolving clays played a part in the evolution of the creatures that we are more inclined to recognize as living . |
| 27 | These results certainly require us to take seriously the notion that retrieval process play a part in determining the outcome of a latent inhibition experiment . |
| 28 | It would not be surprising to find that material and social deprivation play a part in increasing stress and propensity to abuse , especially when associated with isolation . |
| 29 | Platelet activating factor plays a part in the mucosal injury of the gastrointestinal tract in anomals . |
| 30 | Lacan emphasizes that the unconscious plays a part in the ego , as well as the id . |