Example sentences of "[noun] play a central [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly data structures are already beginning to come apart from use structures and GIS plays a central role in this . |
| 2 | The blood of animals was also sacred , or seen as belonging particularly to the deity , and so its shedding played a central role in Jewish cult . |
| 3 | After the war Goldschmidt played a central role in the development of the French nuclear power programme and he has some complimentary , uncomplimentary and candid things to say about the British civil nuclear power programme . |
| 4 | Lang 's three-system model of anxiety plays a central part in both our assessment and treatment programme . |
| 5 | Whatever the reasons , Fitzthomas played a central part in committing London to the cause of Simon of Montfort between 1263 and 1265 . |
| 6 | We have already seen how the endogeneity of inflationary expectations played a central role in Friedman 's critique of the Phillips curve . |
| 7 | They conjecture that literacy plays a central part in this process . |
| 8 | Punch played a central role in the evolution of satirical humour and in creating opportunities for the cartoonist and the illustrator . |
| 9 | These principles play a central role in how children make use of terms in the conventional lexicon , as well as when they go beyond those to coin new words . |
| 10 | The major histocompatibility ( MHC ) class II antigens are surface heterodimers required for presentation of antigenic peptides to the receptor of T-helper cells ; quantitative variation in the expression of these antigens play a central role in immune response ( 1 ) . |
| 11 | Improvisation and expression as well as musical accompaniment of the exercises plays a central role in the training programme of the Medau-Schule . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | These procedures played a central part in the construction of the new English . |
| 14 | The oceans and their biota play a central role in the carbon and nutrient cycles ; global ocean circulation is also critical to the global carbon budget . |
| 15 | It maintained that " the CSCE [ Conference on Security and Co-Operation in Europe ] process and its institutions play a central role in expanding the network of co-operative relationships across Europe " . |
| 16 | As we noted earlier , explanation plays a central role in education . |
| 17 | There is no doubt in de Man 's mind that the image plays a central role in Proust 's thematic opposition , but when one follows " Proust 's own injunction " to submit the image to the " test of truth " , the function of the image is subverted : " statements or strategies that tended to remain unnoticed become apparent and undo what the figure seemed to have accomplished " . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A free , honourable and vigorous press played a central role in exposing Nixon ; the Supreme Court and the Senate stood firm and forced his downfall . |
| 20 | ONE OF the finest conductors of his generation , Witold Rowicki had the good fortune to play a central role in his country 's musical reconstruction after the Second World War . |
| 21 | Informal social relationships personal relationships with kin , friends , neighbours , work colleagues and others play a central part in people 's lives . |
| 22 | In agreement with several other complementary therapies , they consider that the spine plays a central role in the link between mental and bodily states . |
| 23 | Whatever your opinion of ABBA 's music , you must admit they had a hell of a knack for penning a commercial tune ; the chord sequence here is fairly standard but with a couple of nice twists , with the bass playing a central role in the arrangement . |