Example sentences of "[adv] play a central [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | People have fallen in love for stranger reasons , but music has obviously played a central role in their marriage . |
| 2 | During a visit to the Galapagos in 1835 , Charles Darwin was fascinated by these birds , and they eventually played a central role in developing his theory of evolution through natural selection . |
| 3 | Anthropology thus played a central role in the development of Marxism but it would be totally misleading to think of Marx and Engels as early anthropologists . |
| 4 | And journeys always played a central role in his imagination . |
| 5 | Prevention also plays a central role in traditional medicine with many different practices and prohibitions being part of people 's daily life . |
| 6 | A glittering figure on the international financial circuit , he not only provided East Germany with much-needed foreign currency but also played a central part in all political and economic exchanges with West Germany over the past 30 years . |
| 7 | A glittering figure on the international financial circuit , he not only provided East Germany with much-needed foreign currency but also played a central part in all political and economic exchanges with West Germany over the past 30 years . |
| 8 | One was Alan Hayling , who was later to play a central role in the story of News on Sunday . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In the preliminary stages of analysis , dramatic methods can therefore play a central part in hypothesis-generation . |
| 11 | Ultimately , it is up to individuals to make something of their situation , and their motives and capacities therefore play a central part in explanation — they have , so to speak , the casting vote . |