Example sentences of "[vb past] a active part [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the Emperor Marcian and his wife Pulcheria played an active part in the meetings : Marcian and Leo found themselves at loggerheads not so much over the dogmatic formulation as over the disciplinary canons that were appended . |
| 2 | Both also played an active part in the national movement . |
| 3 | Haycock also played an active part in the political life of Shrewsbury , sitting on the council for thirty-four years , rising to become an alderman , and serving as mayor in 1842 . |
| 4 | Because the number of members who took an active part in the fund-raising is comparatively small , the true amount contributed by everyone who was actually involved was more than £200 . |
| 5 | The great majority of those who took an active part in the work of the Association were natives of Lewis , and several of those who did not belong to the island were Gaelic-speakers from similar areas . |
| 6 | Unlike the Democratic Platform , the Marxist Platform took an active part in the work of the 28th CPSU congress . |
| 7 | At the sheds , Margaret Murray from Shrewsbury and Sarah Corish of Carrog near Corwen , buffed up the brass and crimson paintwork and then took an active part in the coaling and watering of the engine in the station head-shunt . |
| 8 | Both of them took an active part in the artistic life of the community , pioneering clubs and founding exhibition societies . |
| 9 | Although she works in secret , she took an active part in the debate about the forms of artistic expression characteristic of the Fifties and Sixties . |
| 10 | He became a vice-president of the Newcomen Society for the study of the history of engineering and technology ; he became a member of the Science Museum advisory council , and took an active part in the discussions which resulted in the establishment of the Railway Museum in York ; the National Trust made him a member of its properties committee , to advise on industrial archaeology ; and he was appointed chairman of the Council for British Archaeology research committee on industrial archaeology . |
| 11 | ‘ Edwin took an active part in the management here ? ’ |
| 12 | It took an active part in the National Charter Campaign of 1931 and in the Bermondsey Unity Congress of 1934 . |