Example sentences of "[pers pn] played a key role " in BNC.

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1 In the process , they played a key role in shaping the world as we know it ; determining , in fact , the entire course of evolution .
2 They played a key role in the original establishment of the Labour Party , and provide a large proportion of the party 's funds today .
3 In the ante-bellum period , remarkably few Blacks were employed on Northern railways , but in the South they played a key role .
4 During the Russo-Japanese war , out of sight , he played a key role in raising huge sums to finance Japan 's war effort .
5 And then midway through the second-half he played a key role in Brian Strain 's vital winner .
6 First elected to Parliament in 1946 , Averoff later served in various ministerial capacities most notably as Foreign Minister in 1956-63 , when he played a key role in reaching agreement on Cyprus 's independence in 1960 .
7 He played a key role in Clinton 's transitionary team following the 1992 presidential election victory .
8 In the 1987 campaign he played a key role at Labour headquarters .
9 However , he managed to become chairman of the cross-party Public Accounts Committee as well as of the 1922 committee of back-benchers from which position he played a key role in Heath 's downfall as part of the Milk Street gang ( named after the street of his very minor merchant bank , Keyser Ullmann ) .
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