Example sentences of "[vb past] a leading part [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | East Germany was the first country in which fears over the state of the environment played a leading part in the overthrow of a system of government . |
| 2 | Rosa , her older sister , is the wife of a pastor who played a leading part in the democracy movement in East Berlin . |
| 3 | Edgar Wilkinson , the BEA 's Commercial Manager and Ronald Edwards , an LSE economist , played a leading part in the deliberations of the committee , which heard some powerful evidence of the damage done at the peak , particularly by the space heating load , and of the need for restriction by an increased winter price or other means . |
| 4 | They played a leading part in the organization of the war after 1369 ; they both had considerable experience of Breton affairs , and their influence at court may be one reason for the important position occupied by Brittany in English strategy from 1372 to 1375 . |
| 5 | The internationalism of the leaders and cadres of national liberation movements in the Third World is more obvious where such movements played a leading part in the liberation of their countries than where countries were decolonised from above , for the post-independence breakdown of what previously operated , as a united movement of ‘ the people ’ is more dramatic . |
| 6 | John played a leading part in the DTI 's support for the IT industry and research base for many years , and I know that he will be greatly missed by all involved . |
| 7 | In London , Helen Taylor played a leading part in the fight to abolish school fees and provide school meals , and there is also some evidence that women school-board members took an interest in the pay and conditions of women teachers . |
| 8 | He has a strong personal conviction about the power of the printed word and in April 1992 played a leading part in the International Communication Forum at Le Touquet . |
| 9 | Once again , papal envoys took a leading part in the proceedings and , on this occasion , a possible way out was found . |
| 10 | At first , as Counts of Poitou , the Dukes had been chiefly involved in northern French politics but once they had also become Counts of Gascony their interests turned more and more to the south , towards Toulouse and towards Spain , where they took a leading part in the Holy War against the Moslems . |
| 11 | In foreign policy , Nkrumah took a leading part in the new Organisation of African Unity ( founded in 1963 , this had ended the Casablanca/ Monrovia division ) . |
| 12 | He took a leading part in the development of copper mining round Fowey and St Austell . |
| 13 | In 1859 he took a leading part in the promotion of the Boiler Insurance and Steam Power Company , becoming chairman in 1865 . |
| 14 | Nothing is known of him before 1742 when he was manager of a cotton-mill in Northampton , and took a leading part in the intellectual life of the town , as a member of the Philosophical Society and a lecturer on scientific subjects . |
| 15 | He took a leading part in the epochal missionary conference at Le Zoute , on which he based his study , The Christian Mission in Africa ( 1926 ) . |
| 16 | The firm took a leading part in the introduction in 1855–6 of the new steel-making process devised by ( Sir ) Henry Bessemer [ q.v. ] , and the continuing expansion of their business made it necessary to build a separate boiler-making works in Ardwick , employing 500 men and producing six boilers a week . |
| 17 | He took a leading part in the formation of the Institute of Marine Engineers and was elected the first president in 1889 . |
| 18 | In 1846–7 he took a leading part in the foundation of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers , and in 1848 he was elected a member of council . |
| 19 | On the other hand , the Duchess of Atholl , a Conservative who had been active in support of the Republicans , took a leading part in the Alliance . |