Example sentences of "[vb base] a role in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They play a role in global warming and they are important for dating rocks for the oil industry . ’ |
| 2 | And yet many of the attitudes towards the outside world that had flourished in the Tsarist period still play a role in Soviet and now post-Soviet foreign policy today . |
| 3 | So for example he 's Mill is very keen on the idea of local participation , that everyone should at some point in their lives play a role in local government in some level . |
| 4 | Reactive oxygen species have a role in ischaemia-reperfusion injury of the intestine , and may also participate in the pathogenesis of several kinds of gastric lesions . |
| 5 | The cytokines IL ( interleukin ) -1 , IL-6 , and IL-11 ; tumour necrosis factor-α ( TNF-α ) ; and transforming growth factor-Β ( TGF-Β ) all have a role in stimulating transcription of the genes controlling hepatic acute phase production . |